Managing the AMASS File System

mediawrite

Write a predetermined line beginning at EOD for tape or at a specified block number for optical media.

Caution

This utility destroys data on optical media. Do not use this utility on optical media that contains data you want to keep.

Options

/usr/amass/utils

./mediawrite

[-bblocksize] drivenumber blocknumber jukeboxnumber

OptionDescription

-bblocksize Enter the blocksize value in bytes, kilobytes (10K or 10k), or megabytes (10M or 10m)

drivenumber Enter the drive number that is writing to the media

blocknumber Optical: Enter the starting block address.

Tape: Enter a number to be written into the block written to tape.

jukeboxnumber Enter the AMASS library number (defaults to 1)

6-00028-01 Rev A

Utility Reference

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