Hi Daniel -- You asked: > Just one question... > > Does taper implicitly call 'mt'?
Well, no. In fact, taper does its own ioctl calls, which is why it is behind the other general-purpose utilities in supporting a broad array of hardware. I spent a long time studying both taper and tob, and I'm strongly convinced that tob is the way to go. It is a shell script which uses well-tested utilities to do the I/O, it's got a robust archive system, and excellent (clear) documentation. Give it a try. Good luck, Susan Kleinmann
