term% cat index.txt TAPE(1) General Commands Manual TAPE(1)
NAME
tape, mt - identify and manipulate magnetic tape
SYNOPSIS
tape
mt [ -t tapename ] command [ count ]
DESCRIPTION
Tape experiments with the magnetic tape drive and reports under which
device name the tape mounted there can be read, how many files and
records there are, and how big the records are. Mt applies a command
to the named tape drive (default /dev/nrmt1) count times (default 1).
The commands are
eof write end-of -file mark
fsf forward space file
fsr forwardspace record
bsf backspace file
bsr backspace record
rewind rewind
offline rewind and take off line
FILES
/dev/nrmt1
SEE ALSO
tm(4), dd(1)
TAPE(1)