15.6. Switching tape head in tape devices

You can switch the tape head in the tape device by using the eod option.

Prerequisites

You have installed the mt-st package. For more information, see Installing tape drive management tool.
Data is written to the tape device. Fore more information, see Writing to rewinding tape devices or Writing to non-rewinding tape devices.

Procedure

To view the current position of the tape pointer:
```
# mt -f /dev/nst0 tell
```
To switch the tape head, while appending the data to the tape devices:
```
# mt -f /dev/nst0 eod
```
To go to the previous record:
```
# mt -f /dev/nst0 bsfm 1
```
To go to the forward record:
```
# mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf 1
```

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