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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