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AMMT(8)								       AMMT(8)

NAME
       ammt - Amanda version of mt

SYNOPSIS
       ammt [-d] [-f -t device] command [count]

DESCRIPTION
       Ammt provides just enough of the standard UNIX mt command for the needs
       of Amanda. This is handy when doing a full restore and the standard  mt
       program has not yet been found.

       Ammt  also  provides  access  to the Amanda output drivers that support
       various tape simulations.

       See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda. See the  OUT‐
       PUT  DRIVERS  section  of  amanda(8) for more information on the Amanda
       output drivers.

OPTIONS
       -d     Turn on debugging output.

       -f device
	      Access tape device device. If not specified, the	TAPE  environ‐
	      ment variable is used.

       -t device
	      Same as -f.

       command count
	      Which command to issue, and an optional count of operations.

COMMANDS
       Each command may be abbreviated to whatever length makes it unique.

       eof|weof count
	      Write count (default: 1) end of file marks (tapemarks).

       fsf count
	      Skip forward count (default: 1) files.

       bsf count
	      Skip backward count (default: 1) files.

       asf count
	      Position	to file number count (default: 0) where zero is begin‐
	      ning of tape. This is the same as a rewind followed  by  a  fsf‐
	      count.

       rewind Rewind to beginning of tape.

       offline|rewoffl
	      Rewind to beginning of tape and unload the tape from the drive.

       status Report  status information about the drive. Which data reported,
	      and what it means, depends on the underlying  operating  system,
	      and may include:

	      ONLINE Indicates the drive is online and ready.

	      OFFLINE
		     Indicates the drive is offline or not ready.

	      BOT    Indicates the drive is at beginning of tape.

	      EOT    Indicates the drive is at end of tape.

	      PROTECTED
		     Indicates the tape is write protected.

	      ds     Device status.

	      er     Error register.

	      fileno Current tape file number.

	      blkno  Current tape block number file.

       Note
       Many  systems  only  report  good  data when a tape is in the drive and
       ready.

AUTHOR
       Marc Mengel <mengel@fnal.gov>, John R. Jackson <jrj@purdue.edu>: Origi‐
       nal text

       Stefan  G. Weichinger, <sgw@amanda.org>, maintainer of the Amanda-docu‐
       mentation: XML-conversion

SEE ALSO
       amanda(8)

								       AMMT(8)

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