Re: Tape devices - erst0?

["J. Joseph Max Katz" <jkatz@darpanet.net>]

>From the "st" manpage:

FILES
     /dev/[n][e]rst[0-9]  general form:
     /dev/rst0            Mode 0, rewind on close
     /dev/nrst0           Mode 2, No rewind on close
     /dev/erst0           Mode 3, Eject on close (if capable)
 
enrst would be eject AND no re-wind :)

Hope that helps!

-Jon

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On Fri, 15 May 1998, Mark Castillo wrote:

:Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 14:37:50 -0700
:From: Mark Castillo <markc@relationships.com>
:To: misc@openbsd.org
:Subject: Tape devices - erst0?
:
:What are the tape devices erst0 and enrst0 for?