From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jul 26 06:21:25 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA29996 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 26 Jul 1997 06:21:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pluto.plutotech.com (root@[206.168.67.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA29990 for ; Sat, 26 Jul 1997 06:21:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from narnia.plutotech.com (narnia.plutotech.com [206.168.67.130]) by pluto.plutotech.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA24249; Sat, 26 Jul 1997 07:20:36 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199707261320.HAA24249@pluto.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] In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 26 Jul 1997 17:10:03 +0400." <199707261310.RAA05708@janus.msu.su> Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 07:20:36 -0600 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >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 ===========================================