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8.5: The ioctl interface to ftape

MTIOCTOP The tape operation wrapper ioctl
MTIOCGET Query the tape status
MTIOCPOS Query the tape position
MTIOCRDFTSEG and MTIOCWRFTSEG Read and write floppy tape segments
MTIOCVOLINFO Query info about the current volume (zftape)
MTIOCGETSIZE Query the size of the cartridge (zftape)
MTIOCFTFORMAT Format a floppy tape cartridge (zftape)
MTIOCFTCMD Send raw QIC-117 commands to the tape drive

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