tape command

Is there a unix command
1. to label a tape? write "tape1", "tape2", etc to the tape.
2. to tell whether a tape is blank (no data)?
3. to tell a tape is write-protected?
4. to tell a tape drive is empty (no tape is inserted)?
5. What is the difference between tar and ufsdump?

"John Mellor" <john@mellor.mellor.kw.net> wrote in message
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