Magnetic Tape Control (GNU tar 1.35.90)

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5.4.2 Magnetic Tape Control

Backup scripts access tape device using special hook functions. These functions take a single argument — the name of the tape device. Their names are kept in the following variables:

Backup variable: MT_BEGIN ¶

The name of begin function. This function is called before accessing the drive. By default it retensions the tape:

MT_BEGIN=mt_begin
mt_begin() {
 mt -f "1ドル" retension
}

Backup variable: MT_REWIND ¶

The name of rewind function. The default definition is as follows:

MT_REWIND=mt_rewind
mt_rewind() {
 mt -f "1ドル" rewind
}

Backup variable: MT_OFFLINE ¶

The name of the function switching the tape off line. By default it is defined as follows:

MT_OFFLINE=mt_offline
mt_offline() {
 mt -f "1ドル" offl
}

Backup variable: MT_STATUS ¶

The name of the function used to obtain the status of the archive device, including error count. Default definition:

MT_STATUS=mt_status
mt_status() {
 mt -f "1ドル" status
}