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    Types: TextFile
    Notes: UNIX file
    Names: »mt.1«

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└─⟦26887b7e0⟧ Bits:30009717 Comet 32 harddisk image
    └─⟦28c352965⟧ »/a« UNIX Filesystem
        └─⟦this⟧ »usr/man/man1/mt.1« 

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	@(#)mt.1	2.1	7/1/84
	@(#)Copyright (C) 1983 by National Semiconductor Corp.
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.TH MT 1
.UC 4
.SH NAME
mt \- Magnetic tape manipulating program
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mt
[
.B \-t
.I tapename
]
.I command
[
.I count
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
.I Mt
is used to give commands to the tape drive.  If a tape name is not
specified, /dev/nrtc0 is used.  If a count is not specified, 1 is assumed.
.PP
Here are the commands:
.in +.5i
.ta +1i
.BR eof "	write"
.I count
end-of-file marks
.br
.BR fsf "	space forward"
.I count
files
.br
.BR fsr "	space forward"
.I count
records
.br
.BR bsf "	space backward"
.I count
files
.br
.BR bsr "	space backward"
.I count
records
.br
.BR rew "	rewind tape"
.br
.BR offl "	rewind tape and go offline
.br
.BR retension "	retension tape"
.br
.BR erase "	erase entire tape"
.br
.BR display "	set unit display to"
.I value
.in -.5i
.SH FILES
.DT
/dev/tc*	Magnetic tape interface
.br
/dev/rtc*	Raw magnetic tape interface
.SH SEE ALSO
tc(4), dd(1)
.SH BUGS
The tape unit cannot skip records, backspace files or records, or go offline.