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tape eject

From: "D . Thomas Podnar" <tom@microlite.com>
Subject: Re: Ejecting tape in UW
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 14:36:39 GMT
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On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 03:19:44PM +0100, Julian Brett wrote:
> Good point!
> 
> tctl is used in AIX!
> 
> Is there a Openserver or Unixware equivalent to unload a tape?

Open UNIX 8 / UnixWare

  tapecntl -u /dev/rmt/ctape1            (or other device)

OpenServer 5

  tape unload /dev/rStp0                 (or other device)
> 
> 
> "Tom Parsons" <cis@tegan.com> wrote in message
> news:20020424070114.64419@tegan.com...
> > Julian Brett enscribed:
> > | Hi.
> > |
> > | I'm looking for the command in Unixware 7.1.1 to eject a tape from
> > | /dev/rmt/c0s0.
> > |
> > | In Openserver, I would use the tctl command, but is there an equivalent
> for
> > | UW?
> >
> > Uh, what is the "tctl" command in OpenServer?
> > --
> > ==========================================================================
> >  Tom Parsons                   tom@tegan.com
> > ==========================================================================
> 
> 

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