Re: How do I remove the "mt" command

[J Martin Rushton]

You need to state which distribution you are using.  For CentOS (and 
hence RHEL and Fedora) I simply ran:
 $ yum provides &/bin/mt
which told me the package it is in.  apt has similar capabilities, but 
but I can't immediately test so will have to leave that for you to read 
up on if appropriate.  Why bother though?

As to why the command is there: Linux runs on machines from small 
embedded systems through laptops, desktops and up to supercomputers and 
data centres.  Large machines use tapes for backup, archives and in 
hierarchical filesystems.  For instance an LTO6 tape holds up to 6 TiB 
(compressed) with a retention period in excess of 25 years.  Yours for 
$22.58 from the first site I found.  Great for off-site secures and a 
heck of a lot faster and more robust than a stack of 1,000 USB external 
disks!

On 16/07/2020 09:14, cael ras wrote:
> The linux (or GNU/Linux, if you really want to call it that)  command 
> "mt" is a command for using tape drives, according to the man page. Ok, 
> why do I have this program on my computer? It's 2020, no one uses tape 
> drives anymore (except for linus tech tips: 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alxqpbSZorA and **some** people). So how 
> do I remove it?

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J Martin Rushton MBCS