User's Guide

ANSINIT

Function:

ansinit is used to initialize an ANSI labeled tape. The tape drive name and volume identifier arguments must be supplied; ansinit does not prompt the user for missing arguments.

Syntax:

ansinit -T[d] drive [density] volid

options:
    T       Tape drive name
    d       Tape density, specified by density.

arguments:
    drive   The name of the tape drive being used.
    density The density at which the tape is to be written.
            The default density is 1600 bpi.
    volid   The volume identifier of the tape.

Examples:

  1. ansinit "-Td" msa0 6250 hh0694

    This command will initialize tape hh0694 on drive msa0 at a density of 6250 bpi.