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LTFS-SDE(8)	      IBM Storage Archive Command Reference	     LTFS-SDE(8)

NAME
     ltfs - File system based on a linear tape drive

SYNOPSIS
     ltfs mount_point [ -o mount_option... ]  [ -V ]  [ -h ]  [ -a ]

DESCRIPTION
     ltfs is a file system for linear tape drive.

GENERAL OPTIONS
     These  programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options
     starting with two dashes ('-'). A summary of options is included below. For
     a complete description, see the Info files.

     -V, --version
	    Version information

     -h, --help
	    Show help information

     -a     Full help, including advanced options

LTFS OPTIONS (MOUNT OPTIONS)
     These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long  options
     starting with two dashes ('-'). A summary of options is included below. For
     a complete description, see the Info files.

     -o devname=name
	    Tape  device  name.  On Linux, name is like '/dev/IBMtape0', on OSX,
	    name is like '0'(default: )

     -o work_directory=dir
	    LTFS work directory (default: )

     -o trace
	    Enable diagnostic output (same as verbose=3)

     -o eject
	    Eject the cartridge after unmount

     -o sync_type=type
	    Specify sync type (default: time@5).

	    type should be specified as follows:

	    time@min
		   LTFS attempts to write  an  index  each  'min'  minutes.  min
		   should  be  a decimal number from 1 to 153722867280912930. It
		   is equivalent to "-o sync_type=unmount" when 0 is specified

	    close  LTFS attempts to write an index when a file is closed

	    unmount
		   LTFS attempts to write an index when the medium is unmounted

     -o force_mount_no_eod
	    Skip EOD existence check when mounting (read-only mount).  Only  use
	    for a CM corrupted medium

     -o device_list
	    Show available tape devices

     -o rollback_mount=gen
	    Attempt to mount on previous index generation (read-only mount)

     -o release_device
	    Clear device reservation (should be specified with -o devname

     -o symlink_type=type
	    Specify symbolic link type (default: posix)

	    type should be specified with one of the following values:

	    posix  LTFS behavior is same as standard symbolic link

	    live   LTFS replaces mount point path by current mount point

FUSE OPTIONS (MOUNT OPTIONS)
     These  programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options
     starting with two dashes ('-'). A summary of options is included below. For
     a complete description, see the Info files.

     -o umask=M
	    Set file permissions (octal)

     -o uid=N
	    Set file owner

     -o gid=N
	    Set file group

ADVANCED LTFS OPTIONS (EXPERIMENTAL MOUNT OPTIONS)
     The options described here is experimental functions.

     These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long  options
     starting with two dashes ('-'). A summary of options is included below. For
     a complete description, see the Info files.

     -o config_file=file
	    Configuration file (default: )

     -o atime
	    Update index if only access times have changed

     -o noatime
	    Do not update index if only access times have changed (default)

     -o tape_backend=name
	    tape backend to use (default: )

     -o iosched_backend=name
	    I/O  scheduler  implementation to use (default: , use "none" to dis-
	    able)

     -o kmi_backend=name
	    Key manager interface implementation  to  use  (default:  none,  use
	    "none" to disable)

     -o umask=mode
	    Override default permission mask (3 octal digits, default: 000)

     -o fmask=mode
	    Override file permission mask (3 octal digits, default: 000)

     -o dmask=mode
	    Override directory permission mask (3 octal digits, default: 000)

     -o min_pool_size=num
	    Minimum write cache pool size. Cache objects are 1 MB each (default:
	    25)

     -o max_pool_size=num
	    Maximum write cache pool size. Cache objects are 1 MB each (default:
	    50)

     -o rules=rules
	    Rules  for choosing files to write to the index partition.	The syn-
	    tax of the rule argument is:

	    size=1M

	    size=1M/name=pattern

	    size=1M/name=pattern1:pattern2:pattern3

	    A file is written to the index partition if it is no larger than the
	    given size AND matches at least one of the name patterns (if  speci-
	    fied). The size argument accepts K, M, and G suffixes. Name patterns
	    might  contain  the special characters '?' (match any single charac-
	    ter) and '*' (match zero or more characters).

     -o quiet
	    Disable informational messages (same as verbose=1)

     -o syslogtrace
	    Enable diagnostic output to stderr and syslog(same as verbose=303)

     -o fulltrace
	    Enable full call tracing (same as verbose=4)

     -o verbose=num
	    Override output verbosity directly (default: 2)

     -o noeject
	    Do not eject the cartridge after unmount (default)

     -o capture_index
	    Capture latest index to work directory at unmount

     -o scsi_append_only_mode=on|off
	    Set the tape device append-only mode (default=on)

SEE ALSO
     mkltfs(8), ltfsck(8), mount.fuse(8), fusermount(1),  tape-backend(4),  kmi-
     backend(4), ltfs.conf(5).

IBM Storage Archive		08 February 2022		     LTFS-SDE(8)

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