Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site utcsstat.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsstat!ian From: ian@utcsstat.UUCP (Ian F. Darwin) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: hang vol_ser=123456 file=mytape mode=read_write density=1600 Message-ID: <1778@utcsstat.UUCP> Date: Fri, 16-Mar-84 17:31:25 EST Article-I.D.: utcsstat.1778 Posted: Fri Mar 16 17:31:25 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 16-Mar-84 19:33:55 EST References: <1762@rlgvax.UUCP>, <490@abnjh.UUCP>, <912@qubix.UUCP>, <3495@utcsrgv.UUCP>, <7219@watmath.UUCP> Organization: Univ of Toronto (UTCS) Lines: 18 > From dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) Fri, 9-Mar-84 13:52:22 EST > > As Mark Callow points out, that's hardly UNIX-like. > ... > hang -w -s 800 mytape > (put a write ring in, and mount for 800bpi) Unlike your UNIX-like syntax, the given syntax needed no explanation. -- -IAN! (Ian! D. Allen) University of Waterloo The VMS/MVS syntax needs an explanation too. One needs to explain why he or she is trying to hang something so gadawfully verbose and JCL-ish on top of UNIX. To paraphrase dmr: If you want JCL, you know where to find it. -- Ian F. Darwin, Toronto uucp: utcsstat!ian