btape (8) - Linux Manuals
btape: Bacula's Tape interface test program
NAME
SYNOPSIS
btape [options] device-nameDESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the btape command.OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below.- -?
- Show summary of options and commands.
- -b
bootstrap - Specify a bootstrap file.
- -c
config - Specify configuration file.
- -d
nn - Set debug level to nn.
- -p
- Proceed inspite of I/O errors.
- -s
- No signals (for debugging).
- -v
-
Set verbose mode.
COMMANDS
- autochanger
- test autochanger
- bsf
- backspace file
- bsr
- backspace record
- cap
- list device capabilities
- clear
- clear tape errors
- eod
- go to end of Bacula data for append
- eom
- go to the physical end of medium
- fill
- fill tape, write onto second volume
- unfill
- read filled tape
- fsf
- forward space a file
- fsr
- forward space a record
- help
- print this reference
- label
- write a Bacula label to the tape
- load
- load a tape
- quit
- quit btape
- rawfill
- use write() to fill tape
- readlabel
- read and print the Bacula tape label
- rectest
- test record handling functions
- rewind
- rewind the tape
- scan
- read() tape block by block to EOT and report
- scanblocks
- Bacula read block by block to EOT and report
- status
- print tape status
- test
- General test Bacula tape functions
- weof
- write an EOF on the tape
- wr
- write a single Bacula block
- rr
- read a single record
- rb
- read a single bacula block
- qfill
-
quick fill command
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Jose Luis Tallon <jltallon [at] adv-solutions.net>.