Tapes
From Tranzman Documentation
This section of the appliance allows the user to work directly with the Tape Drives attached to the system.
List Tapes
To generate a list of all Tapes on the system, run the command;
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> tapes > list |
Mount Command
The appliance accepts any normal Linux like mount commands to work with the tapes.
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> tapes > mt <device> <command> |
- <device> - Tape device information (i.e. st0, st1, etc)
- <command> - Standard magnetic tape commands.
Useful mt Commands
- eof, weof - Write count EOF marks at current position.
- fsf - Forward space count files. The tape is positioned on the first block of the next file.
- bsf - Backward space count files. The tape is positioned on the first block of the next file.
- fsr - Forward space count records.
- bsr - Backward space count records.
- bsfm - Backward space count file marks. The tape is positioned on the beginning-of-the-tape side of the file mark.
- fsfm - Forward space count file marks. The tape is positioned on the beginning-of-the-tape side of the file mark.
- asf - Absolute space to file number count. Equivalent to rewind followed by fsf count.
- seek - Seek to block number count.
- eom - Space to the end of the recorded media on the tape (for appending files onto tapes).
- rewind - Rewind the tape.
- rewoffl - Rewind the tape and, if applicable, unload the tape.
- offline - Sets the status of the tape to offline.
- status - Print status information about the tape unit.
- retension - Rewind the tape, then wind it to the end of the reel, then rewind it again.
- erase - Erase the tape.
Use this link to go back to the main Devices - Tape Drives Page.