tms(7) [osf1 man page]

tms(7)							 Miscellaneous Information Manual						    tms(7)

NAME

       tms - TMSCP magnetic tape interface

SYNOPSIS

       For XMI/KDM on Alpha-based systems:
	  bus xmi0 at iop0 vector xmierror
	  controller uq0 at xmi? port kdm vector uqintr
	  device tape tms0 at uq0 drive 0

       For MSI Bus: only MIPS-based DECsystem 5500
	  bus msi0 at ibus? vector msi_isr
	  controller dssc1 at msi0 msinode 1
	  device tape tms3 at dssc1 drive 3

       For XMI/CI/HSC on Alpha-based systems:
	  bus xmi0 at iop0 vector xmierror
	  bus ci0 at xmi? port np vector cimna_isr
	  controller hsc6 at ci0 cinode 6
	  device tape tms3 at hsc6 drive 3

       For tms devices dual ported between two controllers:
	  device tape tms2 at * drive 2

DESCRIPTION

       The  TMSCP  driver  provides a standard tape drive interface, as described in mtio(7).  This is a driver for any controller that adheres to
       the Tape Mass Storage Control Protocol (TMSCP).	The TMSCP controllers communicate with the host through a packet-oriented protocol  termed
       the Tape Mass Storage Control Protocol.

   Tape Support - Alpha-based systems
       TA78, TA79, TA81, TA90, TA90E, TA91

   Diagnostics
       All diagnostic messages are sent to the error logger subsystem.

FILES

       /dev/rmt???
       /dev/nrmt???

SEE ALSO

       mtio(7), MAKEDEV(8), uerf(8), tapex(8) delim off

																	    tms(7)

MT(1)							      General Commands Manual							     MT(1)

NAME

       mt - magnetic tape manipulating program

SYNOPSIS

       mt [ -f tapename ] command [ count ]

DESCRIPTION

       Mt  is  used  to  give commands to a magnetic tape drive.  If a tape name is not specified, the environment variable TAPE is used;  if TAPE
       does not exist, mt uses the device /dev/rmt12.  Note that tapename must reference a raw (not block) tape device.  By  default  mt  performs
       the requested operation once.  Operations may be performed multiple times by specifying count.

       The available commands are listed below.  Only as many characters as are required to uniquely identify a command need be specified.

       eof, weof
	      Write count end-of-file marks at the current position on the tape.

       fsf    Forward space count files.

       fsr    Forward space count records.

       bsf    Back space count files.

       bsr    Back space count records.

       rewind Rewind the tape (Count is ignored).

       offline, rewoffl
	      Rewind the tape and place the tape unit off-line (Count is ignored).

       status Print status information about the tape unit.

       cacheon
	      Enable the readahead/writebehind cache on the tape unit.

       cacheoff
	      Turn off the readahead/writebehind cache on the tape unit.

       Mt returns a 0 exit status when the operation(s) were successful, 1 if the command was unrecognized, and 2 if an operation failed.

       The cacheon and cacheoff commands currently only apply to the TMSCP driver and then only for certain drives such as the TU81+.  No error is
       produced by the TMSCP driver if the cache commands are used.  Other drivers will return an error code  since  they  do  not  recognize  the
       MTCACHE and MTNOCACHE functions codes.  See mtio(4).

FILES

       /dev/rmt* Raw magnetic tape interface

SEE ALSO

       mtio(4), tmscp(4), dd(1), ioctl(2), environ(7)

4th Berkeley Distribution					 December 22, 1995							     MT(1)