Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: python-mt-st
Version: 0.1.4
Summary: Module for controlling magnetic tape drives under Linux from Python
Home-page: https://github.com/twonote/python-mt-st
Author: hrchu
Author-email: petertc.chu@gmail.com
License: LGPLv2.1
Description: A magnetic tape drive controller ✨🍰✨
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        ![Screenshot](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3183314/44708568-09def800-aada-11e8-9a2c-f576c9d8f00f.png)
        
        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
        
        1. Current version is wrapping mt-gnu. Make sure mt-gnu is in your execution path.
        2. root privilege needed by magnetic tape drive operations
        3. Python 3
        
        
        ## Install
        
        1. ``$ cd [project_home]``
        2. ``$ pip install .``
        
        
        ## Testing 
        
        1. You need either a real tape drive or use [mhvtl](https://github.com/markh794/mhvtl) as a simulate tape drive.
        2. After tape drive is ready, update tape drive information in ```test/tape_conf.py```
        3. run test cases by ```$ nosetests tests```
        
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License v2 or later (LGPLv2+)
Classifier: Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
Classifier: Topic :: System :: Archiving
Classifier: Topic :: System :: Hardware
Classifier: Topic :: System :: Systems Administration
Classifier: Topic :: Utilities
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