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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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