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Old 07-25-2010
Eject tape and many options

Dear Guy's

I'm using this command to eject the tape and I got many options

/root>mt -f /dev/rmt0 eject
mt: 0511-575 eject is not a recognized subcommand.
Usage: mt [-f Device] Subcommand [Count]
Valid subcommands are:
weof
eof
fsf
bsf
fsr
bsr
rewind
offline
rewoffl
status

Can anyone explain the meaning of each one ?

1. weof
2. eof
3. fsf
4. bsf
5. fsr
6. bsr
7. rewind
8. offline
9. rewoffl
10. status
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Old 07-25-2010
pSeries and AIX Information Center

You might like to try the tctl command instead, or it could be that your tape device does not support this function:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infoce...cmds5/tctl.htm
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