The mt command is designed to control a tape drive. An allocate command would be used to gain access to a tape drive, and prevent others from using it. Perhaps this seems like a fine point, but I prefer to separate the functionality.
-----Original Message----- From: John Summerfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 5:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Linux390 + VM + Tape 3490 On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Fargusson.Alan wrote: > In batch it happens at the allocate, which I think is at start of job in JES3, and > start of step in JES2. > > In TSO you do an allocate command, although I doubt many people do this. Usually > they write some JCL, and submit it. > > I think an allocate command would be the best way to do this in Linux, since it > would be about the same as TSO. I think that the mt command is not the right place > to do this though. Why is the mt command the wrong place? -- Cheers John. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb
