From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 4 6:30:30 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71CAA37B401 for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 06:30:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bebop.inter-sonic.com (bebop.inter-sonic.com [212.247.185.185]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E208F43E6A for ; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 06:30:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peo@intersonic.se) Message-Id: <5.1.1.6.0.20021004152911.02764260@mail.inter-sonic.com> X-Sender: peo@mail.inter-sonic.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1.1 Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 15:30:19 +0200 To: Matthew Seaman From: "Per olof Ljungmark" Subject: Re: non-rewinding, non-compressing tape device Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20021004131238.GD31681@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> References: <5.1.1.6.0.20021004140817.026d88e0@mail.inter-sonic.com> <5.1.1.6.0.20021004140817.026d88e0@mail.inter-sonic.com> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-76.8 required=5.5 tests=IN_REP_TO,USER_IN_WHITELIST,USER_IN_WHITELIST_TO,AWL version=2.31 X-Spam-Level: X-Sanitizer: SA mail filter MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 14:12 10/4/2002 +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: >On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 02:10:00PM +0200, Per olof Ljungmark wrote: > > Is there a non-rewinding, non-compressing tape device on FreeBSD? > > From the sa(4) man page: > >FILES > /dev/[n][e]sa[0-9] general form: > /dev/sa0 Rewind on close > /dev/nsa0 No rewind on close > /dev/esa0 Eject on close (if capable) > /dev/sa0.ctl Control mode device (to examine state while another > program is accessing the device, e.g.). > >BUGS > [...] > > Fine grained density and compression mode support that is bound to spe- > cific device names needs to be added. > > > > Also, is there a place where the stuff in /dev is documented? > >Devices are documented in secion 4 of the man pages. Generally there >will be a man page for pretty much any device under /dev: just strip >off any unit numbers or other extra characters. Sometimes the man >page is listed under the kernel option required to enable it. > >eg: > > /dev/zero --> zero(4) > /dev/sa0 --> sa(4) > /dev/nsa0 --> sa(4) > /dev/da0s1a --> da(4) > /dev/dsp0.0 --> snd(4) a.k.a. pcm(4) > > Cheers, > > Matthew > >-- >Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks > Savill Way > Marlow >Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK Thanks Matthew, I read sa(8), maybe I'll learn sometime.. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message