Description:

pythonmtst 0.1.4

A magnetic tape drive controller ✨🍰✨

A Python module for controlling magnetic tape drives under Linux from Python. The module can control
magnetic tape drive operation, just like mt variants (mt-st, mt-gnu, etc.) under Unix-like OSs.
User can do control operations and erase the cartridge. This implementation is based on
mt-gnu. In the next version we will move to communicate with linux st driver via ioctl instead.
Usage
[TODO]
Prerequisites

Current version is wrapping mt-gnu. Make sure mt-gnu is in your execution path.
root privilege needed by magnetic tape drive operations
Python 3

Install

$ cd [project_home]
$ pip install .

Testing

You need either a real tape drive or use mhvtl as a simulate tape drive.
After tape drive is ready, update tape drive information in test/tape_conf.py
run test cases by $ nosetests tests

License

For personal and professional use. You cannot resell or redistribute these repositories in their original state.

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