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8.5.1.7: MTREW

Rewinds the tape cartridge, results also in updating of the header segments if necessary.

One always should use either this command or MTOFFL (see MTOFFL) before removing the tape cartridge from the tape drive.

Note that updating of the header segments may take some time.

Example

mt -f /dev/nqft0 rewind

References
see Rewinding devices
see MTOFFL


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