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-Name
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-ammt \14 Amanda version of mt
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-Synopsis
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-ammt [-d ] [ -f | -t | device ] command [count]
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-DESCRIPTION
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-Ammt provides just enough of the standard UNIX mt command for the needs of
-Amanda. This is handy when doing a full restore and the standard mt program has
-not yet been found.
-Ammt also provides access to the Amanda output drivers that support various
-tape simulations.
-See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda. See the OUTPUT
-DRIVERS section of amanda(8) for more information on the Amanda output drivers.
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-OPTIONS
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- -d
- Turn on debugging output.
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- -fdevice
- Access tape device device. If not specified, the TAPE environment
- variable is used.
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- -tdevice
- Same as -f.
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- commandcount
- Which command to issue, and an optional count of operations.
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-COMMANDS
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-Each command may be abbreviated to whatever length makes it unique.
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- eof|weofcount
- Write count (default: 1) end of file marks (tapemarks).
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- fsfcount
- Skip forward count (default: 1) files.
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- bsfcount
- Skip backward count (default: 1) files.
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- asfcount
- Position to file number count (default: 0) where zero is beginning of
- tape. This is the same as a rewind followed by a fsf count.
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- rewind
- Rewind to beginning of tape.
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- offline|rewoffl
- Rewind to beginning of tape and unload the tape from the drive.
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- status
- Report status information about the drive. Which data reported, and what
- it means, depends on the underlying operating system, and may include:
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- ONLINE
- Indicates the drive is online and ready.
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- OFFLINE
- Indicates the drive is offline or not ready.
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- BOT
- Indicates the drive is at beginning of tape.
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- EOT
- Indicates the drive is at end of tape.
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- PROTECTED
- Indicates the tape is write protected.
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- ds
- Device status.
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- er
- Error register.
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- fileno
- Current tape file number.
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- blkno
- Current tape block number file.
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-Note
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-Many systems only report good data when a tape is in the drive and ready.
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-AUTHOR
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-Marc Mengel <mengel@fnal.gov>, John R. Jackson <jrj@purdue.edu>: Original text
-Stefan G. Weichinger, <sgw@amanda.org>, maintainer of the Amanda-documentation:
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-SEE ALSO
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-amanda(8)
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