mt

Control magnetic tape drive operation (commonly LTO tape). More information: https://manned.org/mt.

• Check the status of a tape drive:
  mt -f {{/dev/nstX}} status
• Rewind the tape to beginning:
  mt -f {{/dev/nstX}} rewind
• Move forward a given files, then position the tape on first block of next file:
  mt -f {{/dev/nstX}} fsf {{count}}
• Rewind the tape, then position the tape at beginning of the given file:
  mt -f {{/dev/nstX}} asf {{count}}
• Position the tape at the end of valid data:
  mt -f {{/dev/nstX}} eod
• Rewind the tape and unload/eject it:
  mt -f {{/dev/nstX}} eject
• Write EOF (End-of-file) mark at the current position:
  mt -f {{/dev/nstX} eof