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#On 9 Apr 1997 22:51:20 -0000  explorer@flame.org wrote:
#
#> If our SCSI tape drivers handle end of media, (or EOT or whatever it
is)
#> can dump be made smarter?
#
#FreeBSD have added '-a' to dump for this, if you want some existing
#practice (or even code!).

Why do we need a flag at all?

I think the point is that dump should just automagically handle EOT/EOM
without the need for a special flag.

This is one thing that Sun did _right_ when they did Solaris.

#
#I just specify a very large tape size and don't worry about it.
#
#Regards,
#
#Giles


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