mt

linux

Control magnetic tape drive operation (commonly LTO tape).

Examples (7)

Check the status of a tape drive

mt -f /dev/nstX status

Rewind the tape to beginning

mt -f /dev/nstX rewind

Move forward a given files, then position the tape on first block of next file

mt -f /dev/nstX fsf count

Rewind the tape, then position the tape at beginning of the given file

mt -f /dev/nstX asf count

Position the tape at the end of valid data

mt -f /dev/nstX eod

Rewind the tape and unload/eject it

mt -f /dev/nstX eject

Write EOF (End-of-file) mark at the current position

mt -f /dev/nstX eof