Solaris : Controlling tape device/drive using mt command
Posted by Vivek Gite
[Last updated: March 22, 2005]
1) Rewinding a tape
# mt –f /dev/rmt/0 rewind
2) Display the status of a tape drive
# mt –f /dev/rmt/0 status
It displays information as tape is loaded, offline, total files, blocks etc.
3) Retensioning a tape
# mt –f /dev/rmt/0 retension
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Hi,
Is there any commnad to find - how many tapes in a tape drive.
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Divakar