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From: tli@Morgan.COM (Thomas Y. Li )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: RS/6000 Tape questions
Message-ID: <3095@s5.Morgan.COM>
Date: 23 Apr 91 21:45:33 GMT
References: <1991Apr22.195656.10564@panix.uucp>
Organization: IBM Corporation
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In article <1991Apr22.195656.10564@panix.uucp> eravin@panix.uucp (Ed Ravin) writes:
>1) Under SUN OS 3, there's a handy dandy utility called "mt" which lets you
>skip ahead or back on a tape with several files written on it.  For example,
>
># mt fsf 2
>
>Would skip forward 2 file marks on the tape.  But a peek through Info
>Intruder revealed only the device driver interface to do same via ioctl().
>Does AIX give you a command to manipulate the tape or shall I have to
>go write one myself?
>

IBM has the tctl command for Tape ConTroL.

>-- 
>Ed Ravin            | I'm sorry, sir, but POSTAL REGULATIONS don't allow
>cmcl2!panix!eravin  | PLASTIC tape over PAPER tape and NYLON cord on an
>philabs!trintex!elr | 86 inch girth to LITHUANIA...
>+1 914 993 4737     |



Regards,

Tom
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