Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 07:20:36 -0600 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com> To: laskavy@cs.msu.su (Sergei S. Laskavy) Cc: gibbs@plutotech.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /bin/chio: why in /bin ? [/usr/bin/mt] Message-ID: <199707261320.HAA24249@pluto.plutotech.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 26 Jul 1997 17:10:03 %2B0400." <199707261310.RAA05708@janus.msu.su>
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>L> I wonder why "mt", "tar" are in "/usr/bin" while chio is in "/bin". > >G> Because you may need it in order to do a restore. > >But... I think, usually on one tape there are many dumps. >Why "mt" is not in "/bin" then? Because restore allows you to read from any file on the tape. Look at the -s option in the restore man page. >Sergei S. Laskavy -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================
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