obtar -Xunlabel

Purpose

Use obtar -Xunlabel to unlabel volumes. Unlabeling a volume causes all information stored on it to be effectively erased, including any existing volume label information.

Syntax

obtar -Xunlabel::=

obtar -Xunlabel [ -f device ] [ -Xow ]

Semantics

You can specify a number of options with obtar -Xunlabel; this section describes those options that you are most likely to use. Refer to "obtar Options" to learn about additional obtar -Xunlabel options.

-f device

Specifies the name of the device in which the volume is loaded. The device argument to -f is the name that you have assigned to a tape drive in an administrative domain.

-Xow

Directs obtar to disregard any expiration date in the volume label. If you try to overwrite a volume that has not yet expired, then the operation fails unless you specify -Xow.

Example

Unlabeling a Tape

Example 4-34 unlabels the tape volume in tape0.

obtar -Xunlabel -f tape0 -Xow