mt
Control magnetic tape drive operation (commonly LTO tape). More information: <https://manned.org/mt>.
Install
- All systems
-
curl cmd.cat/mt.sh
- Debian
-
apt-get install mt-st - Ubuntu
-
apt-get install mt-st -
Alpine
-
apk add mt-st - Kali Linux
-
apt-get install mt-st - CentOS
-
yum install mt-st - Fedora
-
dnf install mt-st - Windows (WSL2)
-
sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install mt-st - Raspbian
-
apt-get install mt-st - Docker
-
docker run cmd.cat/mt mtpowered by Commando
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
© tl;dr; authors and contributors
