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+.\" This file is part of GNU cpio. -*- nroff -*-
+.\" Copyright 2014-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.\"
+.\" GNU cpio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+.\" the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+.\" (at your option) any later version.
+.\"
+.\" GNU cpio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+.\" GNU General Public License for more details.
+.\"
+.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+.\" along with GNU cpio. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+.TH MT 1 "January 28, 2014" "MT" "GNU CPIO"
+.SH NAME
+mt \- control magnetic tape drive operation
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B mt
+[\fB\-V\fR] [\fB\-f\fR \fIdevice\fR] [\fB\-\-file=\fIdevice\fR] [\fB\-\-rsh-command=\fIcommand\fR] [\fB\-\-version\fR]
+\fIoperation\fR [\fIcount\fR]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+This manual page
+documents the GNU version of
+.BR mt .
+.B mt
+performs the given
+.IR operation ,
+which must be one of the tape operations listed below, on a tape
+drive.
+.PP
+The default tape device to operate on is taken from the file
+.B /usr/include/sys/mtio.h
+when
+.B mt
+is compiled. It can be overridden by giving a device file name in
+the environment variable
+.BR TAPE
+or by a command line option (see below), which also overrides the
+environment variable.
+.PP
+The device must be either a character special file or a
+remote tape drive. To use a tape drive on another machine as the
+archive, use a filename that starts with `HOSTNAME:'. The
+hostname can be preceded by a username and an `@' to access the remote
+tape drive as that user, if you have permission to do so (typically an
+entry in that user's `~/.rhosts' file).
+.PP
+The available operations are listed below. Unique abbreviations are
+accepted. Not all operations are available on all systems, or work on
+all types of tape drives.
+Some operations optionally take a repeat count, which can be given
+after the operation name and defaults to 1.
+.TP
+.BR eof ", " weof
+Write
+.I count
+EOF marks at current position.
+.TP
+.B fsf
+Forward space
+.I count
+files.
+The tape is positioned on the first block of the next file.
+.TP
+.B bsf
+Backward space
+.I count
+files.
+The tape is positioned on the first block of the next file.
+.TP
+.B fsr
+Forward space
+.I count
+records.
+.TP
+.B bsr
+Backward space
+.I count
+records.
+.TP
+.B bsfm
+Backward space
+.I count
+file marks.
+The tape is positioned on the beginning-of-the-tape side of
+the file mark.
+.TP
+.B fsfm
+Forward space
+.I count
+file marks.
+The tape is positioned on the beginning-of-the-tape side of
+the file mark.
+.TP
+.B asf
+Absolute space to file number
+.IR count .
+Equivalent to rewind followed by fsf
+.IR count .
+.TP
+.B seek
+Seek to block number
+.IR count .
+.TP
+.B eom
+Space to the end of the recorded media on the tape
+(for appending files onto tapes).
+.TP
+.B rewind
+Rewind the tape.
+.TP
+.BR offline ", " rewoffl
+Rewind the tape and, if applicable, unload the tape.
+.TP
+.B status
+Print status information about the tape unit.
+.TP
+.B retension
+Rewind the tape, then wind it to the end of the reel,
+then rewind it again.
+.TP
+.B erase
+Perform long erase of tape. If
+.I count
+is 0, perform short erase of tape (some devices do not support this).
+.PP
+.B mt
+exits with a status of 0 if the operation succeeded, 1 if the
+operation or device name given was invalid, or 2 if the operation
+failed.
+.SS OPTIONS
+.TP
+\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-file=\fIdevice\fR
+Use
+.I device
+as the file name of the tape drive to operate on.
+To use a
+tape drive on another machine, use a filename that
+starts with `HOSTNAME:'. The hostname can be preceded by a
+username and an `@' to access the remote tape drive as that user, if
+you have permission to do so (typically an entry in that user's
+`~/.rhosts' file).
+.TP
+\fB\-\-rsh-command=\fIcommand\fR
+Notifies
+.B mt
+that it should use
+.I command
+to communicate with remote devices instead of
+.B /usr/bin/ssh
+or
+.BR /usr/bin/rsh .
+.TP
+\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
+Print the version number of
+.BR mt .
+.SH "BUG REPORTS"
+Report bugs to <bug\-cpio@gnu.org>.
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Copyright \(co 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.br
+.na
+License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
+.br
+.ad
+This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
+There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
+.\" Local variables:
+.\" eval: (add-hook 'write-file-hooks 'time-stamp)
+.\" time-stamp-start: ".TH [A-Z_][A-Z0-9_.\\-]* [0-9] \""
+.\" time-stamp-format: "%:B %:d, %:y"
+.\" time-stamp-end: "\""
+.\" time-stamp-line-limit: 20
+.\" end:
+