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TAPE(1) User Commands TAPE(1)

tape - magnetic tape maintenance

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

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.

2/29/04 Heirloom Toolchest

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