Abbreviating the "mt" command
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| Skapare Mar 31, 2006 8:07 AM EDT |
The "mt" command takes the value of an environment variable named TAPE as the name of the tape device it will use. If you have only one tape device, then all you need to do is set that environment variable once at the start of your session, or include it in your shell initialtization. For sh, bash, and ksh users: export TAPE=/dev/st0 for csh and tcsh users: setenv TAPE /dev/st0 Then you can just omit the -f option and tape name on all your "mt" commands. It's still usable in case you have a 2nd tape device you occasionally use. |
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