Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!randy@amsaa From: randy%amsaa@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: abnjh.490 Tapes on Unix Message-ID: <17436@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Sun, 11-Mar-84 14:50:28 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.17436 Posted: Sun Mar 11 14:50:28 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Mar-84 08:34:02 EST Lines: 20 From: Randy Sebra (SSAO)I think that a hang tape command would be extremely useful, so long as it remains simple for the user. The basic argument here seems to be a perception of what UNIX systems are being used for. There are those out there that contend that UNIX is a reaserch and software development tool. Indeed, this is a widely used application for minis and micros running UNIX. However, these persons have to come to the realization that a real world exists, and UNIX is a very real part of it - I hardly think that a very large percentage of the some 15,000 persons who showed up for UNIFORUM recently are doing this type of work. This, among moves within elements of the Federal Government to standardize on some flavor of UNIX indicates that the most common(and due to increase) usage for UNIX-based systems is running production jobs. In such an environment, users SHOULD NOT have to bother with hanging their own tapes. In fact, physical security factors in such an environment dictate that users be denied physical access to tape drives period! Randy