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Date:      Tue, 16 Apr 96 8:17:39 MDT
From:      Greg Lehey <lehey.pad@sni.de>
To:        dpflag@ix.netcom.com (Daniel P. Pflager)
Cc:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, dpflag@ix.netcom.com
Subject:   Re: [Fwd: Re: Colorado QFA 500]
Message-ID:  <199604160618.IAA20140@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de>
In-Reply-To: <31725B0D.649@ix.netcom.com>; from "Daniel P. Pflager" at Apr 15, 96 3:19 pm

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>> 3) How can I make /dev/rwt0 the default tape device
>> (for tar, mt, etc?). Point me to the doc...
>
> Recompile it.  The default is /dev/rst0 (see the man page).
>
> This should probably be install-time configurable... anyone?

It is.  Set the environment variable TAPE to the desired tape device
name.  For example (Bourne shell and descendants):

  TAPE=/dev/nrst1 export TAPE
  tar c .				(archive the current directory)
  tar t					(list the tape in /dev/nrst1)

Greg



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