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1.1     ! root        1: .TH MT 1 "1 April 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: mt \- magnetic tape manipulating program
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B mt
        !             7: [
        !             8: .B \-f
        !             9: .I tapename
        !            10: ]
        !            11: .I command
        !            12: [
        !            13: .I count
        !            14: ]
        !            15: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            16: .I Mt
        !            17: is used to give commands to a magnetic tape drive.
        !            18: If a tape name is not specified, the environment variable
        !            19: TAPE is used;  if TAPE does not exist,
        !            20: .I mt
        !            21: uses the device
        !            22: .IR /dev/rcy0s .
        !            23: Note
        !            24: that
        !            25: .I tapename
        !            26: must reference a raw (not block) tape device.
        !            27: By default
        !            28: .I mt
        !            29: performs the requested operation once.  Operations
        !            30: may be performed multiple times by specifying
        !            31: .IR count .
        !            32: .PP
        !            33: The available commands are listed below.  Only as many
        !            34: characters as are required to uniquely identify a command
        !            35: need be specified.
        !            36: .TP
        !            37: .BR eof , " weof"
        !            38: Write 
        !            39: .I count
        !            40: end-of-file marks at the current position on the tape.
        !            41: .TP
        !            42: .B fsf
        !            43: Forward space
        !            44: .I count
        !            45: files.
        !            46: .TP
        !            47: .B fsr
        !            48: Forward space 
        !            49: .I count
        !            50: records.
        !            51: .TP
        !            52: .B bsf
        !            53: Back space 
        !            54: .I count
        !            55: files.
        !            56: .TP 
        !            57: .B bsr
        !            58: Back space
        !            59: .I count
        !            60: records.
        !            61: .TP
        !            62: .B rewind
        !            63: Rewind the tape
        !            64: .RI ( Count
        !            65: is ignored.)
        !            66: .TP
        !            67: .BR offline , " rewoffl"
        !            68: Rewind the tape and place the tape unit off-line
        !            69: .RI ( Count
        !            70: is ignored.)
        !            71: .TP
        !            72: .B status
        !            73: Print status information about the tape unit.
        !            74: .PP
        !            75: .I Mt
        !            76: returns a 0 exit status when the operation(s) were successful,
        !            77: 1 if the command was unrecognized, and 2 if an operation failed.
        !            78: .SH FILES
        !            79: .DT
        !            80: /dev/rcy*      Raw magnetic tape interface
        !            81: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            82: mtio(4), dd(1), ioctl(2), environ(7)

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