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.\" Sccsid @(#)tape.1	1.4 (gritter) 2/29/04
.TH TAPE 1 "2/29/04" "Heirloom Toolchest" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
tape \- magnetic tape maintenance
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBtape\fR [\fB\-\fItape\fR] [\fB\-a\fI arg\fR] \fIcommand\fR [\fIdevice\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.I tape
command performs control operations on tape devices.
If no
.I 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.
.PP
The
.I command
argument may be one of:
.TP
.B status
Print status information about the drive.
.TP
.B reten
Retension the tape.
.TP
.B erase
Erase the tape.
.TP
.B reset
Reset tape drive.
.TP
.B rewind
Rewind tape.
.TP
.B rfm
Skip to the next file.
.TP
.B eod
Seek to the end of written data.
.TP
.B wfm
Write a filemark at the current position.
.TP
.B load
Load the tape device.
.TP
.B unload
Unload the tape device.
.TP
.B setblk
Set the block size (in bytes) for the tape device.
.TP
.B setcomp
Set tape compression.
A value of 0 means no compression,
all other values mean compression
.TP
.B 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.
.PP
The
.B \-a
option gives a count for the
.IR rfm ,
.IR wfm ,
.IR setblk ,
.IR setcomp ,
and
.I setdensity
commands.
.PP
The
[\fB\-\fItape\fR]
option is currently ignored.