From owner-freebsd-current Sat Feb 1 05:50:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA21418 for current-outgoing; Sat, 1 Feb 1997 05:50:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from sax.sax.de (sax.sax.de [193.175.26.33]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id FAA21413 for ; Sat, 1 Feb 1997 05:50:41 -0800 (PST) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by sax.sax.de (8.6.12/8.6.12-s1) with UUCP id OAA05266 for freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org; Sat, 1 Feb 1997 14:50:39 +0100 Received: (from j@localhost) by uriah.heep.sax.de (8.8.5/8.6.9) id OAA22158; Sat, 1 Feb 1997 14:45:15 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 14:45:14 +0100 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD-current users) Subject: Good name for a dump(8) option? X-Mailer: Mutt 0.55-PL10 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hiya, i've implemented an option to dump(8) to bypass all tape length considerations, and dump straight to the end-of-tape indication, as it is probably most appropriate for all today's tape drives (due to compression and/or multiple backups per volume). How to name this kid? Right now, i've picked key `e' (``end of medium'', ``enforce end-of-medium''), lacking a better idea. Are there any better suggestions that don't conflict with other existing keys? -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)