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mt — Control magnetic tape drive operation (commonly LTO tape). More information: <https://manned.org/mt>

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Problem

How to use the mt command: Control magnetic tape drive operation (commonly LTO tape). More information: <https://manned.org/mt>.

Solution

mt — Control magnetic tape drive operation (commonly LTO tape). More information: <https://manned.org/mt>.

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

Code Snippets

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

Context

tldr-pages: linux/mt

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