Mtape
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Purpose
mtape is a utility provided in the Midas package for tape manipulation.
Usage
mtape [-f tape_device] [-d file] [-v] command [count] [last]
Following commands are available:
status Print status information about tape rewind Rewind tape eof,weof Write <count> End-of-File marks at the current tape position fsf,ff Forward spaces <count> files fsr,fr Forward spaces <count> records bsf,bf Backspaces <count> files bsr,br Backspaces <count> records rewind Rewind tape offline Places the tape offline (unload) online Places the tape online (load) seod Space to end of recorded data
Following commands only work with tapes written in MIDAS format:
dir List next [count] runs on MIDAS tape
backup
Copy runs with numbers [count] to [last] from disk to tape.
If [-d file] is not given, runxxxxx.mid is used where
xxxxx is the run number. If [file] contains %05d, it
is replaced by the run number.
restore
Copy next [count] files from tape to disk.
If [-d file] is not given, runxxxxx.mid is used where
xxxxx is the run number. If [file] contains %05d, it
is replaced by the run number.