In fact, tapeutil is very similar to the -f part of mtlib (the drive part).

Rodrigo

>To clear up a misconception that seems to prevail concerning the
>'tapeutil' command...
>Because so many of us invoke it simply by name and thence get an
>interactive menu, we tend to think that it's an interactive program,
>and so unusable in batch mode. Not so. As documented in the
>"IBM SCSI Tape Drive, Medium Changer, and Library Device Drivers" manuals
>(available on the storsys FTP site) the command also works in batch mode i
>you give it invocation operands. Do 'tapeutil -\?' to see that usage.
>The command may thus be useful for period captures of sense info or the
>like (being careful not to interfere with the drive when it's in use, as
>you can test with the 'mtlib' command or the like).
>Richard Sims, BU