Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 18:53:08 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?TWF0ZXbFviBNYXJrb3ZpxI0=?= <ivwcorporation.matevz@gmail.com> To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Working with tape drives Message-ID: <AANLkTin0Jq7w0pjoE3hXjx0GkDd8B6YCYNB_Pb6QAUN3@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello!
I have a DDS2 tape drive (with some spare tapes) and I want to write a
simple C application, with which I will be able to write onto the tape (raw
I/O), rewind the tape, seek any byte on the tape and read from it. I have
FreeBSD 8.
Can I just use standard C functions for dealing with files or should I use
mt? If mt is the answer, then how should I read, seek and write to the tape?
I want to keep my C application as simple as possible. If manipulating with
tape drives cannot be done with just simple C I/O functions, then is it
possible to create a wrapper to those functions?
Thank you for your answers,
Matevz Markovic
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