IBM TS1160

• To set the block size of the device to 64 K:
/opt/IBMtape/tapeutil -f /dev/rmt/0st -o spa -t 1 -x 65535 -v
• To write 100 64-K blocks of data to the tape device:
/opt/IBMtape/tapeutil -f /dev/rmt/0stn -w 1 -o wri -b 65535
-n 1 -m 100 -v
• To write two le marks to the tape device:
/opt/IBMtape/tapeutil -f /dev/rmt/0stn -w 1 -o eof -c 2 -v
• To rewind the tape device:
/opt/IBMtape/tapeutil -f /dev/rmt/0stn -o rew -v
• To read 100 64-K blocks of data from the tape device:
/opt/IBMtape/tapeutil -f /dev/rmt/0stn -o rea -b 65535 -n 1 -m
100 -v
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