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From: julian@tfs.com (Julian Elischer)
Subject: Re: patch for "mt" status command for SCSI tapes
Message-ID: <CwGM8y.H65@tfs.com>
Organization: TRW Financial Systems
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Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 03:12:34 GMT
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why would one want to use the 'mt' command for scsi tapes?

it doesn't do anyhting that the 'st command doesn't (they're related)
and the 'st' command returns REAL INFORMATION..

julian