From owner-freebsd-current Sat Feb 1 16:04:07 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA16877 for current-outgoing; Sat, 1 Feb 1997 16:04:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA16838 for ; Sat, 1 Feb 1997 16:03:57 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id KAA14891; Sun, 2 Feb 1997 10:33:48 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199702020003.KAA14891@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Good name for a dump(8) option? In-Reply-To: from J Wunsch at "Feb 1, 97 02:45:14 pm" To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 10:33:47 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk J Wunsch stands accused of saying: > > 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). Yay! > 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? How about making it the default, rather than a 300' 1600bpi 9-track tape? Even _I_ turned mine into a stereo rack over a year ago, and logically it mnakes more sense : "I haven't been told how long the tape is, so I'll keep going until it stops." > cheers, J"org -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[