Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 16:52:01 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man4 sa.4 Message-ID: <200005072352.QAA12398@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 08 May 2000 08:53:38 %2B0930." <20000508085337.C61488@freebie.lemis.com>
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> On Sunday, 7 May 2000 at 14:47:07 -0700, Mike Smith wrote: > > msmith 2000/05/07 14:47:07 PDT > > > > Modified files: > > share/man/man4 sa.4 > > Log: > > For tape devices, 'r' means REWIND, not RAW. > > So /dev/nrsa0 is the no rewind rewind drive? R = Rewind, NR = No Rewind. > >From 4.4BSD: > > FILES > /dev/rmt* Raw magnetic tape interface > > There used to be a block interface for the 'mt' driver, so the drives > got names like /dev/mt8 and /dev/rmt8. I think we need to get rid of > the 'r', like we did with disks. *shrug* Obviously, I think that violates POLA (it'd certainly A me), but if there's consensus on this it should probably be done properly (changing the manpage and not changing MAKEDEV gave me to assume that there was no consensus). -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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