Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utcsrgv.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!dave From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) Newsgroups: net.unix,net.cog-eng Subject: Re: Alex White's solution to end of tape recognition in UNIX Message-ID: <3495@utcsrgv.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Mar-84 13:52:22 EST Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.3495 Posted: Fri Mar 9 13:52:22 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 9-Mar-84 14:18:55 EST References: <1762@rlgvax.UUCP>, <490@abnjh.UUCP>, <912@qubix.UUCP> Organization: The Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto Lines: 23 >> hang vol_ser=123456 file=mytape mode=read_write density=1600 As Mark Callow points out, that's hardly UNIX-like. As a matter of fact, it postively makes me cringe. How about hang mytape (instructs operator to hang tape labelled "mytape", read-only, drive-selectable speed) hang -w mytape (put a write ring in) hang -w -s 800 mytape (put a write ring in, and mount for 800bpi) There. I feel much better now. (DON'T tell me about "dd". I don't like it either.) Dave Sherman Toronto -- {allegra,cornell,decvax,ihnp4,linus,utzoo}!utcsrgv!dave