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\14 Amanda version of mt
13 ammt [-d ] [ -f | -t | device ] command [count]
17 Ammt provides just enough of the standard UNIX mt command for the needs of
18 Amanda. This is handy when doing a full restore and the standard mt program has
20 Ammt also provides access to the Amanda output drivers that support various
22 See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda. See the OUTPUT
23 DRIVERS section of amanda(8) for more information on the Amanda output drivers.
30 Turn on debugging output.
33 Access tape device device. If not specified, the TAPE environment
40 Which command to issue, and an optional count of operations.
45 Each command may be abbreviated to whatever length makes it unique.
49 Write count (default: 1) end of file marks (tapemarks).
52 Skip forward count (default: 1) files.
55 Skip backward count (default: 1) files.
58 Position to file number count (default: 0) where zero is beginning of
59 tape. This is the same as a rewind followed by a fsf count.
62 Rewind to beginning of tape.
65 Rewind to beginning of tape and unload the tape from the drive.
68 Report status information about the drive. Which data reported, and what
69 it means, depends on the underlying operating system, and may include:
73 Indicates the drive is online and ready.
76 Indicates the drive is offline or not ready.
79 Indicates the drive is at beginning of tape.
82 Indicates the drive is at end of tape.
85 Indicates the tape is write protected.
94 Current tape file number.
97 Current tape block number file.
103 Many systems only report good data when a tape is in the drive and ready.
107 Marc Mengel <mengel@fnal.gov>, John R. Jackson <jrj@purdue.edu>: Original text
108 Stefan G. Weichinger, <sgw@amanda.org>, maintainer of the Amanda-documentation:
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