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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

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Justin T. Gibbs
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