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Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 14:34:47 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Jonny Pearson <jpearson@rex.lib.uci.edu>
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Subject: Re: mt command
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On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, Jonny Pearson wrote:

> 
> Hey everyone!  I'm trying to figure out how to use my tape drive and I
> can't get this command to work.  In order to rewind my tape, I enter:
> 
>    mt -f /dev/nrst0.2 rewind 

That's redundant.  Try `mt rewind' instead.  (mt defaults to st0.)

See st(4).

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major