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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)mt.1        6.2 (Berkeley) 5/9/86
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH MT 1 "May 9, 1986"
        !             8: .UC 4
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: mt \- magnetic tape manipulating program
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B mt
        !            13: [
        !            14: .B \-f
        !            15: .I tapename
        !            16: ]
        !            17: .I command
        !            18: [
        !            19: .I count
        !            20: ]
        !            21: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            22: .I Mt
        !            23: is used to give commands to a magnetic tape drive.
        !            24: If a tape name is not specified, the environment variable
        !            25: TAPE is used;  if TAPE does not exist,
        !            26: .I mt
        !            27: uses the device
        !            28: .IR /dev/rmt12 .
        !            29: Note
        !            30: that
        !            31: .I tapename
        !            32: must reference a raw (not block) tape device.
        !            33: By default
        !            34: .I mt
        !            35: performs the requested operation once.  Operations
        !            36: may be performed multiple times by specifying
        !            37: .IR count .
        !            38: .PP
        !            39: The available commands are listed below.  Only as many
        !            40: characters as are required to uniquely identify a command
        !            41: need be specified.
        !            42: .TP
        !            43: .BR eof , " weof"
        !            44: Write 
        !            45: .I count
        !            46: end-of-file marks at the current position on the tape.
        !            47: .TP
        !            48: .B fsf
        !            49: Forward space
        !            50: .I count
        !            51: files.
        !            52: .TP
        !            53: .B fsr
        !            54: Forward space 
        !            55: .I count
        !            56: records.
        !            57: .TP
        !            58: .B bsf
        !            59: Back space 
        !            60: .I count
        !            61: files.
        !            62: .TP 
        !            63: .B bsr
        !            64: Back space
        !            65: .I count
        !            66: records.
        !            67: .TP
        !            68: .B rewind
        !            69: Rewind the tape
        !            70: .RI ( Count
        !            71: is ignored). 
        !            72: .TP
        !            73: .BR offline , " rewoffl"
        !            74: Rewind the tape and place the tape unit off-line
        !            75: .RI ( Count
        !            76: is ignored).
        !            77: .TP
        !            78: .B status
        !            79: Print status information about the tape unit.
        !            80: .PP
        !            81: .I Mt
        !            82: returns a 0 exit status when the operation(s) were successful,
        !            83: 1 if the command was unrecognized, and 2 if an operation failed.
        !            84: .SH FILES
        !            85: .DT
        !            86: /dev/rmt*      Raw magnetic tape interface
        !            87: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            88: mtio(4), dd(1), ioctl(2), environ(7)

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