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Expand Up @@ -108,11 +108,9 @@ Whenever a tape is ejected, the script will export the tape’s index (as an XML
To write data onto a tape, run the following command:

```
writelto
writelto -t $tape_serial /Volumes/$tape_serial
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That would write the content of the lto tape onto the same lto tape. A better example would be:
writelto -t $tape_serial $any_other_place

```

When prompted, enter the tape serial and the source directory.

The script will run `gcp` to transfer the data to the LTO tape (`rsync` is used as a backup check for `gcp`).

To read back and create checksums for the contents of a tape, and write checksums to a file named with the tape serial and date, run the following command:
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