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BTAPE(8) Network backup, recovery and verification 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.
-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

bscan(1), bextract(1).

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Jose Luis Tallon <jltallon@adv-solutions.net>.

COPYRIGHT

This man page document is released under the BSD 2-Clause license.
26 November 2009 Kern Sibbald