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MTD - CHARON Magnetic Tape Dump & Restore utility, Version 2.5 7 (Build 2020020403)
Copyright (C) 2009-2019 2020 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


Usage for diagnostic purposes:
       mtd -//- <tape-drive-name> - examine tape content
       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             - write tape image in SMA format
                    -g             - gather statistics and print upon completion
                    -a             - do not print logo

Example:

$ mtd -l tape1.txt -r 10 /dev/st5 /charon/tapes/tape1.vtape


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Tape container to physical tape transfer

Use the following syntax to write the content of a tape container to a physical tape:

$ mtd <tape container name> <tape device name> <tape container name> <tape device name>

Example:

$ 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 <SMA tape container name> <AXPname> <AXP/VAX/PDP tape container name>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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