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From: Kees Cook <kees@debian.org>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 13:08:40 -0500
Subject: Identify how to perform "fast erase" operations on devices that
Bug: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=770198
support it.
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doc/mt.1 | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/mt.1 b/doc/mt.1
index 55516a8..383d688 100644
--- a/doc/mt.1
+++ b/doc/mt.1
@@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ Rewind the tape, then wind it to the end of the reel,
then rewind it again.
.TP
.B erase
-Erase the tape.
+Perform long erase of tape. If
+.I count
+is 0, perform short erase of tape (some devices do not support this).
.PP
.B mt
exits with a status of 0 if the operation succeeded, 1 if the
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