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HP-UX Reference > Mmt(1)HP-UX 11i Version 2: December 2007 Update |
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NAMEmt — magnetic tape manipulating program DESCRIPTIONmt is used to give commands to the tape drive. If tapename is not specified, the environment variable TAPE is used; if TAPE is not defined, the default drive is used. mt winds the tape in the requested direction (forward or backward), stopping after the specified count EOF marks or records are passed. If count is not specified, one is assumed. Each EOF mark counts as one record. When winding backwards, the tape always stops at the BOT marker, regardless of the number remaining in count. mt accepts the following commands:
Spacing operations (back or forward space file or record) leave the tape positioned past the object being spaced to in the direction of motion. That is, backspacing a file leaves the the tape positioned before the file mark, forward spacing a file leaves the tape positioned after the file mark. This is consistent with all classical usage on tapes. WARNINGSOnly raw, no-rewind Berkeley-type devices should be specified. This type of device will not reposition the tape upon close. An example of such a device is /dev/rmt/0mnb. Please refer to mt(7) for more details. It is possible to wind the tape beyond the EOT marker and off the end of the reel. A reservation may only be cleared with a release by the host that issued the original reserve. In the event that the host that holds the reservation is no longer available, the st command may be used to reclaim the device by issuing a bus device reset. Refer to st(1M) for more details. The reserve/release functionality can only be issued to drives using the stape driver. |
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