Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!usm3b2!root From: root@usm3b2.EDU (Admin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: 3b2 XM Tape Drive Head Release: Keywords: 3b2 Cartridge Tape Drive XM Message-ID: <127@usm3b2.EDU> Date: 14 Sep 88 18:06:06 GMT Organization: University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME Lines: 7 I prefer to perform my system backups on Friday afternoon or Saturday morning. Is there any way that I can start the backup and go home knowing that the tape drive head will release its pressure from the tape after the backup has completed. If I had an shell script for this I would not have to wait around for the last tape to be written to.