BTAPE(8)
NAME
btape - Bacula's Tape interface test program
SYNOPSIS
btape [options] device-name
DESCRIPTION
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.
- -t Open the default tape device.
- -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
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
- This manual page was written by Jose Luis Tallon
<jltallon@adv-solutions.net>.