"mt rewind" is synchronous on all the tape drive I have used it on (dat, dlt, 9-track, 3490).
Apologies, it's 'tar' that seems to return when the drive is still busy - attempting to access the tape device before it's finished making groaning noises gives an input/output error.
# tar -cv /some/dir <fx: groan whirr> # tar t tar: Error opening archive: Error reading '/dev/ast0': Input/output error
Cheers,
--Jon
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