Using the tape

[omegabetax]

Can someone tell me what commands must I use for tape ? (view the containing of the tape, modify, save and so on).

Thanks

 

[hoinz]

There are several commands that may be used for writing to tapes.
For a start have a look at the man pages for these:
cpio tar dd dump
and possibly others that don't come to my mind now.

And for reading tapes:
You should know what command was used for writing, and the same command (with slightly modified parameters) may be used again. Otherwise just try all commands you know about!
As far as I know there is no single command that will check a tape for all possible formats. But I would like to be corrected ...

 

[hoinz]

... and I forgot mt command, for tasks like rewinding or ejecting.

 

[TonyGroves]

cpio will autodetect the format when reading a tape, unless instructed otherwise. Just omit the -H switch.

 

[omegabetax]

I've write with: sudo tar -cvf /dev/tape source_FILE