Solaris : Controlling tape device/drive using mt command

by nixcraft · 1 comment

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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1 Divakar 04.17.08 at 11:56 pm

Hi,

Is there any commnad to find – how many tapes in a tape drive.

Regards
Divakar

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