From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Aug 9 9:20: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBAFA37BD30 for ; Wed, 9 Aug 2000 09:20:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id JAA04057; Wed, 9 Aug 2000 09:20:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 09:20:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200008091620.JAA04057@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Ian Pallfreeman Subject: Re: bin/20501: autoloader support in dump(8) Reply-To: Ian Pallfreeman Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/20501; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ian Pallfreeman To: mjacob@feral.com Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/20501: autoloader support in dump(8) Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 17:12:33 +0100 (BST) Hi Matt, > Why don't you just use the 'eject on close' tape device? First thought: doh... didn't know there was one... can't find it in the mtio manpage. But I'd still need to tell dump to proceed. Doing it this way means I can write an entire pod without manual intervention. Cheers, Ian. -- Network Unit, Manchester Computing, The University, Manchester, UK. mail: ip@mcc.ac.uk | phone: +44-161-275-6006 | fax: +44-161-275-6040 "Europe's Premier Research Supercomputing Facility" Another android exhibiting signs of the Munich Syndrome. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message