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TAPE (1)

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tape - magnetic tape maintenance

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Synopsis
Description

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 /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.