NAME

tape - magnetic tape maintenance

SYNOPSIS

tape [-tape] [-a arg] command [device]

DESCRIPTION

The tape command performs control operations on tape devices. If no device is given on the command line, the file /usr/local/heirloom/etc/default/tape is scanned for a line beginning with `device='; the remainder of the lines specifies the default device.

The command argument may be one of:

status

Print status information about the drive.

reten

Retension the tape.

erase

Erase the tape.

reset

Reset tape drive.

rewind

Rewind tape.

rfm

Skip to the next file.

eod

Seek to the end of written data.

wfm

Write a filemark at the current position.

load

Load the tape device.

unload

Unload the tape device.

setblk

Set the block size (in bytes) for the tape device.

setcomp

Set tape compression. A value of 0 means no compression, all other values mean compression

setdensity

Set tape density (in hexadecimal). Some density codes are: 0 = default (autodetect); 4 = QIC-11; 5 = QIC-24; F = QIC-120, 10 = QIC-150; 11 = QIC-320; 14 = EXB-8200; 15 = EXB-8500; 15 = QIC-1000; 22 = QIC-2GB; 8C = EXB-8500c; 90 = EXB-8200c.

The -a option gives a count for the rfm, wfm, setblk, setcomp, and setdensity commands.

The [-tape] option is currently ignored.