Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!ukma!xanth!ginosko!uunet!ssbell!mcmi!dsndata!wayne From: wayne@dsndata.uucp (Wayne Schlitt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: allocate/deallocate command wanted Message-ID:Date: 14 Aug 89 14:11:30 GMT References: <210024@speclab.bgp-usgs.gov> <630008@apl-em.UUCP> Sender: wayne@dsndata.UUCP Organization: Design Data Lines: 12 In-reply-to: dunlap@apl-em.UUCP's message of 9 Aug 89 16:23:30 GMT if i remeber correctly there is a package that does this very thing. check out the "with" command in comp.sources.unix volume 13. it works for floppies, tapes and any other device/file that you want controlled access to. (comp.sources.unix archives are available on uunet and many other places... let me know if you need help getting it. if it is not too long i can probably send you a copy of it...) -wayne