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-.TH "AMMT" "8" "02/07/2007" "" ""
+.TH "AMMT" "8" "05/14/2008" "" ""
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.SH "NAME"
-ammt \- Amanda version of mt
+ammt - Amanda version of mt
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP 5
\fBammt\fR [\-d] [\-f | \-t | \fIdevice\fR] \fIcommand\fR [\fIcount\fR]
provides just enough of the standard UNIX
\fBmt\fR
command for the needs of
-\fIAmanda\fR. This is handy when doing a full restore and the standard
+\fIAmanda\fR\. This is handy when doing a full restore and the standard
\fBmt\fR
-program has not yet been found.
+program has not yet been found\.
.PP
\fBAmmt\fR
also provides access to the
\fIAmanda\fR
-output drivers that support various tape simulations.
+output drivers that support various tape simulations\.
.PP
See the
\fBamanda\fR(8)
man page for more details about
-\fIAmanda\fR. See the
+\fIAmanda\fR\. See the
\fBOUTPUT DRIVERS\fR
section of
\fIamanda(8)\fR
for more information on the
\fIAmanda\fR
-output drivers.
+output drivers\.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-d\fR
.RS 4
-Turn on debugging output.
+Turn on debugging output\.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-f\fR\fI device\fR
.RS 4
Access tape device
-\fIdevice\fR. If not specified, the
+\fIdevice\fR\. If not specified, the
\fBTAPE\fR
-environment variable is used.
+environment variable is used\.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-t\fR\fI device\fR
.RS 4
Same as
-\fB\-f\fR.
+\fB\-f\fR\.
.RE
.PP
\fBcommand\fR\fI count\fR
.RS 4
-Which command to issue, and an optional count of operations.
+Which command to issue, and an optional count of operations\.
.RE
.SH "COMMANDS"
.PP
-Each command may be abbreviated to whatever length makes it unique.
+Each command may be abbreviated to whatever length makes it unique\.
.PP
\fBeof|weof\fR\fI count\fR
.RS 4
Write
\fIcount\fR
-(default: 1) end of file marks (tapemarks).
+(default: 1) end of file marks (tapemarks)\.
.RE
.PP
\fBfsf\fR\fI count\fR
.RS 4
Skip forward
\fIcount\fR
-(default: 1) files.
+(default: 1) files\.
.RE
.PP
\fBbsf\fR\fI count\fR
.RS 4
Skip backward
\fIcount\fR
-(default: 1) files.
+(default: 1) files\.
.RE
.PP
\fBasf\fR\fI count\fR
.RS 4
Position to file number
\fIcount\fR
-(default: 0) where zero is beginning of tape. This is the same as a
+(default: 0) where zero is beginning of tape\. This is the same as a
\fBrewind\fR
followed by a
\fBfsf\fR
-\fIcount\fR.
+\fIcount\fR\.
.RE
.PP
\fBrewind\fR
.RS 4
-Rewind to beginning of tape.
+Rewind to beginning of tape\.
.RE
.PP
\fBoffline|rewoffl\fR
.RS 4
-Rewind to beginning of tape and unload the tape from the drive.
+Rewind to beginning of tape and unload the tape from the drive\.
.RE
.PP
\fBstatus\fR
.RS 4
-Report status information about the drive. Which data reported, and what it means, depends on the underlying operating system, and may include:
-.RS 4
+Report status information about the drive\. Which data reported, and what it means, depends on the underlying operating system, and may include:
.PP
ONLINE
.RS 4
-Indicates the drive is online and ready.
+Indicates the drive is online and ready\.
.RE
.PP
OFFLINE
.RS 4
-Indicates the drive is offline or not ready.
+Indicates the drive is offline or not ready\.
.RE
.PP
BOT
.RS 4
-Indicates the drive is at beginning of tape.
+Indicates the drive is at beginning of tape\.
.RE
.PP
EOT
.RS 4
-Indicates the drive is at end of tape.
+Indicates the drive is at end of tape\.
.RE
.PP
PROTECTED
.RS 4
-Indicates the tape is write protected.
+Indicates the tape is write protected\.
.RE
.PP
ds
.RS 4
-Device status.
+Device status\.
.RE
.PP
er
.RS 4
-Error register.
+Error register\.
.RE
.PP
fileno
.RS 4
-Current tape file number.
+Current tape file number\.
.RE
.PP
blkno
.RS 4
-Current tape block number file.
-.RE
+Current tape block number file\.
.RE
.RE
.sp
.nr an-no-space-flag 1
.nr an-break-flag 1
.br
-\fBNote\fR
+Note
.PP
-Many systems only report good data when a tape is in the drive and ready.
+Many systems only report good data when a tape is in the drive and ready\.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
Marc Mengel
-<mengel@fnal.gov>, John R. Jackson
-<jrj@purdue.edu>: Original text
+<mengel@fnal\.gov>, John R\. Jackson
+<jrj@purdue\.edu>: Original text
.PP
-Stefan G. Weichinger,
-<sgw@amanda.org>, maintainer of the
+Stefan G\. Weichinger,
+<sgw@amanda\.org>, maintainer of the
\fIAmanda\fR\-documentation: XML\-conversion
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
-\fBamanda\fR(8)
+\fBamanda\fR(8),
+\fI\%http://wiki.zmanda.com\fR