Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 17:54:50 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu> To: andreas@klemm.gtn.com, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Good name for a dump(8) option? Message-ID: <199702012254.RAA10254@crh.cl.msu.edu> References: <5d065f$h8e@msunews.cl.msu.edu>
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In lists.freebsd.current you write:
>J Wunsch writes:
>> 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?
>what about key 'a', which sounds like doing something automatically ?!
> a - auto-calc tape length by simply detecting end of tape
I like a, presuming its not taken :)
-Crh
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