Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:10:30 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mt command questions Message-ID: <448xcpbzg9.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <4623DB08.3050208@calarts.edu> (Sean Murphy's message of "Mon\, 16 Apr 2007 13\:22\:32 -0700") References: <4623DB08.3050208@calarts.edu>
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Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu> writes:
> I am learning about backing up to tape and have made quite a bit of
> progress with the mt command. I understand what the fsf option does.
> There are other options however and would like to understand them as
> well. I am looking at the man page and have tried googleing them with
> not a lot of luck. the fsr and fss options I understand they would
> fast forward but what is "count records" and "count setmarks"
> considered and how would I use them?
In this context, "count" is a number.
I haven't used mt(1) in quite a while, but I don't think I ever used
more than one of {files, records, setmarks} on the same tape,
andoffhand I can't think of a reason for doing so. If you only put
one backup on a given tape, you wouldn't use any of them.
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