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MTD - CHARON Magnetic Tape Dump & Restore utility, Version 2.3 5 (Build 1830219402)
Copyright (C) 2009-2016 2018 STROMASYS SA. All rights reserved.
Usage: mtd [options] <tape-drive-name> <file-name> - dump tape content to file
mtd <file-name> <tape-drive-name> name> - restore dump to tape
mtd <file-name> <file-name> name> - convert formats
mtd <file-name> name> - examine tape dump and check integrity
<tape-drive-name> - tape drive
<file-name> - name of tape container file (.mtd or .vtape)
Options:
-l <file-name> - log file name (.log)
-n n - do not rewind tape
-r <number> - number of attempts to retry failing tape reads
-i - ignore failing tape reads (implies -r 0)
-p - disable progress reporting
-v - enable verbose trace of data transfer (implies -p)
-s - output - write tape image in SMA format
-g - gather statistics and print upon completion
-a - do not print logo
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Example:
$ mtd -l tape1.txt -r 10 /dev/st5 /charon/tapes/tape1.vtape |
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$ mtd /charon/tapes/tape1.vtape /dev/st5 |
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Tape container formats transfer
Use the following syntax to transfer the CHARON-SMA tape container format to the CHARON-AXP/VAX/PDP one:
$ mtd <SMA tape container name> <AXP/VAX/PDP tape container name> |
Example:
$ mtd /charon/tapes/sma_tape.vtape /charon/tapes/axp_tape.vtape |
Use the following syntax to transfer the CHARON-AXP/VAX/PDP tape container format to the CHARON-SMA one:
$ mtd -s <AXP/VAX/PDP tape container name> <SMA tape container name> |
Example:
$ mtd -s /charon/tapes/axp_tape.vtape /charon/tapes/sma_tape.vtape |
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