LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs

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Reference implementation of the LTFS format Spec for stand alone tape drive

Stars: 352
Forks: 110
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 70
Avg merge: 2h 50m
Merged PRs (30d): 2

Dominant language: C
License: BSD-3-Clause
Last GitHub push: Jul 29, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
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70 open issues indexed

Issue during compilation with glibc >= 2.30 Open

enhancement good first issue Hacktoberfest help wanted

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs#389 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 27, 2023
unable to mount tape on a ULTRIUM-HH9 Open

H/W issue

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs#371 · 4 comments · Opened Dec 1, 2022
3rd party dcache implementation Open

enhancement help wanted

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs#367 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Nov 16, 2022
Need to handle an error on RSOC Open

bug

LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs#350 · 1 assignee · Opened May 4, 2022
Cant format a LTO-6 tape on a Tandberg LTO-6 Open

bug

LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs#343 · 10 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 22, 2022
ltfs_ordered_copy is really slow Open

enhancement

LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs#334 · 10 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Feb 2, 2022
Stop writing an index at failing to write cache file Open

bug

LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs#333 · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 26, 2022
Handle forward traverse in roll back operation. Open

enhancement

LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs#308 · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 16, 2021
Need to improve the recovery logic against trailing invalid index Open

enhancement

LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs#305 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 6, 2021
Implement RAO into the file backend Open

enhancement

LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs#291 · 1 assignee · Opened May 27, 2021
Implement RAO into the iokit backend Open

enhancement

LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs#290 · 2 assignees · Opened May 27, 2021
ltfs_ordered_copy support for freebsd Open

enhancement Hacktoberfest help wanted

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs#285 · 5 comments · Opened May 20, 2021
Linux compilation warnings(4) Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs#280 · 3 comments · Opened May 14, 2021
RFE: add new command line options and a new util from HPE fork Open

enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 32/100

LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs#269 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 11, 2021
RFE: Missing Oracle T10000x and HP DATxx0 drives Open

enhancement Hacktoberfest help wanted

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs#266 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 8, 2021
FYI: Linux sg driver is being rewritten(v4) Open

enhancement

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs#264 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 8, 2021
Read performance - ok / optimal Open

enhancement Hacktoberfest help wanted

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 18/100

LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs#242 · 8 comments · Opened Jan 31, 2021
Capture a drive dump when a SCSI command takes a long time Open

enhancement

LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs#240 · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 20, 2021
HP LTO5 Modesens invalid field Open

bug good first issue help wanted

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs#201 · 10 comments · Opened Jul 3, 2020
A file which has US (0x1f) character is not accepted Open

bug Hacktoberfest help wanted

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs#106 · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 31, 2019

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