mt

Control magnetic tape drive operation (commonly LTO tape). More information: <https://manned.org/mt>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/mt.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install mt-st
Ubuntu
apt-get install mt-st
Alpine
apk add mt-st
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install mt-st
CentOS
yum install mt-st
Fedora
dnf install mt-st
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install mt-st
Raspbian
apt-get install mt-st
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/mt mt powered by Commando

Control magnetic tape drive operation (commonly LTO tape). More information: <https://manned.org/mt>.

  • Check the status of a tape drive:
    mt -f /dev/nstX status
  • Rewind the tape to beginning:
    mt -f /dev/nstX rewind
  • Move forward a given files, then position the tape on first block of next file:
    mt -f /dev/nstX fsf count
  • Rewind the tape, then position the tape at beginning of the given file:
    mt -f /dev/nstX asf count
  • Position the tape at the end of valid data:
    mt -f /dev/nstX eod
  • Rewind the tape and unload/eject it:
    mt -f /dev/nstX eject
  • Write EOF (End-of-file) mark at the current position:
    mt -f /dev/nstX} eof

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