BTAPE

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.