mt

This manual page documents the tape control program mt. mt performs the given operation, which must be one of the tape operations listed below, on a tape drive.

Documentation

• man 1 'mt' [EN]

Syntax

mt [PARAMETER ...] SUBCOMMAND [COUNT] [ARGUMENT ...]

Subcommands & Parameters

-f PATH, -t PATH

The PATH of the tape device on which to operate can be given with the -f or -t option. If neither of those options is given, and the environment variable TAPE is set, it is used.

bsf

Backward space count files. The tape is positioned on the last block of the previous file.

eof, weof

Write count EOF marks at current position.

erase

Erase the tape.

fsf

Forward space count files. The tape is positioned on the first block of the next file.

offline, rewoffl, eject

Rewind the tape and, if applicable, unload the tape.

rewind

Rewind the tape.

status

Print status information about the tape unit.

Examples

Rewind a tape

mt -f '/dev/st0' rewind

Forward three files

mt -f '/dev/st0' fsf 3