At 14:12 10/4/2002 +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: >On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 02:10:00PM +0200, Per olof Ljungmark wrote: > > Is there a non-rewinding, non-compressing tape device on FreeBSD? > > From the sa(4) man page: > >FILES > /dev/[n][e]sa[0-9] general form: > /dev/sa0 Rewind on close > /dev/nsa0 No rewind on close > /dev/esa0 Eject on close (if capable) > /dev/sa0.ctl Control mode device (to examine state while another > program is accessing the device, e.g.). > >BUGS > [...] > > Fine grained density and compression mode support that is bound to spe- > cific device names needs to be added. > > > > Also, is there a place where the stuff in /dev is documented? > >Devices are documented in secion 4 of the man pages. Generally there >will be a man page for pretty much any device under /dev: just strip >off any unit numbers or other extra characters. Sometimes the man >page is listed under the kernel option required to enable it. > >eg: > > /dev/zero --> zero(4) > /dev/sa0 --> sa(4) > /dev/nsa0 --> sa(4) > /dev/da0s1a --> da(4) > /dev/dsp0.0 --> snd(4) a.k.a. pcm(4) > > Cheers, > > Matthew > >-- >Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks > Savill Way > Marlow >Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK
Thanks Matthew, I read sa(8), maybe I'll learn sometime.. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
