Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 08:18:40 +0000 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: mjacob@feral.com Cc: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, Stephen McKay <syssgm@detir.qld.gov.au>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com>, Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>, Hauke Fath <hf@Melog.DE> Subject: Re: filemarks? Message-ID: <l03020907b484e67d59b9@[194.32.164.2]> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912202333570.56276-100000@beppo.feral.com> References: <199912210729.XAA45172@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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At 11:51 pm -0800 20/12/99, Matthew Jacob wrote: >[...] Rodney >has responded with the mail below. This is all archived in mailling >lists... ] > > >> The API has a perfectly acceptable and working mechanism to deal with >> this. >> [Rod's proposal] >> >> Whats wrong with this model? > >The user application cannot distinguish EARLY WARNING from hard EOT directly. >You can put more data on tape after EARLY WARNING and before hard EOT. I'm not sure you can, in general [because not all drives will give you sufficient warning]. The best you can guarantee is that closing the device at this point will leave the tape in a state where a subsequent reader won't get confused. -- Bob Bishop (0118) 977 4017 international code +44 118 rb@gid.co.uk fax (0118) 989 4254 between 0800 and 1800 UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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