specifies the actual count of blocks to read.

writesize

Specifies the number of blocks to write. writesize must be a value from 0 to 65535.
A value of 0 (which is the default) means random, whereas any other number spe-
cifies the actual count of blocks to write.

count

Specifies the number of files, blocks or tape marks to process.

blockid

Specifies the ID of the block to be located.

value

Specifies the settings for compression and ECC. A value of ‘0’ means OFF,
whereas a value of ‘1’ means ON. The default is ‘1’ (ON).

margin

Specifies the EOT margin. margin must a value from 0 to 65535, the default is ‘0’.

offset

Specifies the offset from which data blocks are to be dumped.

length

Specifies the length of data blocks to be dumped.

6.1.4 Examples

Example 1:

Display the status of SCSI tape device “Tape0”.

FTAPE –f Tape0 STATUS

6.1.5 Sample Utility Output

Sample 1:

Display the status of SCSI tape device “Tape0”.

D:\Hercules>ftape

Fish's Win32 SCSI Tape Test Utility, v1.6.1.353

Copyright (C) 2004-2007, Software Development Laboratories

http://www.softdevlabs.com (fish@softdevlabs.com)

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Command? status

Retrieving status...

Warning! Unable to request variable blocksized i/o

due to media parameters retrieval failure!

Tape device: Tape0

Status: Not Ready (Not Loaded)

Drive information:

ECC No

Compression No

DataPadding No

ReportSetmarks No

DefaultBlockSize 32,768 bytes

MaximumBlockSize 65,536 bytes

MinimumBlockSize 1 bytes

MaximumPartitionCount 2 partitions

EOTWarningZoneSize 0 bytes

TAPE_DRIVE_ABS_BLK_IMMED No

TAPE_DRIVE_ABSOLUTE_BLK Yes

TAPE_DRIVE_END_OF_DATA Yes

TAPE_DRIVE_FILEMARKS Yes

TAPE_DRIVE_LOAD_UNLOAD Yes

TAPE_DRIVE_LOAD_UNLD_IMMED Yes

TAPE_DRIVE_LOCK_UNLOCK Yes

TAPE_DRIVE_LOCK_UNLK_IMMED No

TAPE_DRIVE_LOG_BLK_IMMED No

TAPE_DRIVE_LOGICAL_BLK Yes

TAPE_DRIVE_RELATIVE_BLKS Yes

TAPE_DRIVE_REVERSE_POSITION Yes

TAPE_DRIVE_REWIND_IMMEDIATE Yes

TAPE_DRIVE_SEQUENTIAL_FMKS No

TAPE_DRIVE_SEQUENTIAL_SMKS No

TAPE_DRIVE_SET_BLOCK_SIZE Yes

TAPE_DRIVE_SET_COMPRESSION No

TAPE_DRIVE_SET_ECC No

TAPE_DRIVE_SET_PADDING No

TAPE_DRIVE_SET_REPORT_SMKS Yes

TAPE_DRIVE_SETMARKS Yes

TAPE_DRIVE_SPACE_IMMEDIATE No

TAPE_DRIVE_TENSION No

TAPE_DRIVE_TENSION_IMMED No

TAPE_DRIVE_WRITE_FILEMARKS Yes

TAPE_DRIVE_WRITE_LONG_FMKS No

TAPE_DRIVE_WRITE_MARK_IMMED Yes

TAPE_DRIVE_WRITE_SETMARKS Yes

TAPE_DRIVE_WRITE_SHORT_FMKS No

TAPE_DRIVE_COMPRESSION No

TAPE_DRIVE_CLEAN_REQUESTS No

TAPE_DRIVE_ECC No

TAPE_DRIVE_EJECT_MEDIA Yes

TAPE_DRIVE_ERASE_BOP_ONLY No

TAPE_DRIVE_ERASE_LONG No

TAPE_DRIVE_ERASE_IMMEDIATE Yes