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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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