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zkmusa
May 23, 2004, 08:17 PM
Hey all,

I've searched my Mac OS X 10.3 Server machine and a 10.3.3 Panther client machine, and I cannot find the "mt" command on either machine.

The only thing that's available is "rmt". I don't quite understand how to use it, since it's designed for remote tape manipulations.

If mt is not available, does anyone know of any command line utilities to manipulate / rewind tapes?

Thanks!



tomf87
May 23, 2004, 09:10 PM
I believe rmt can be used locally as well. The commands may be similar to mt, but I'm not sure as I have not used either.

Check the man pages to see if they are consistent.

zkmusa
May 23, 2004, 10:56 PM
I believe rmt can be used locally as well.

Alrighty, I'll give it a shot. The man page is completely different, but I'll try it out on a local drive anyway. Thanks for your help!