On Wed, 1 Apr 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The status command didn't provide much info on the tape, in fact it was > the same for both types of tapes, regular and extended. > > % mt -f /dev/ftape status > drive type = 8423552 > drive status = 0 > sense key error = 0 > residue count = 0 > file number = 0 > block number = -1 > gstat = 1000000
Perhaps he meant 'ftmt status'. ftmt is included with ftape-3.04d and has some enhanced commands. Bob ---- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]