Device Special Files - What do the mean?

From: Chris Knorr <cknorr_at_hops.com>
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 12:41:39 -0500

Where can I find out what the difference is between the device special
files for my tape drive? For example, /dev/tape/tape_d0 vs.
/dev/tape/tape_d1 .... what's the difference between these? I know that the
/dev/ntape directory is for no-rewind -- I'm assuming there's some analogy
between the tape_d0, d1, etc. and the old /dev/rmt0h, rmt0l, etc. for
high/low density.

Thanks!

Chris
Received on Tue Feb 05 2002 - 17:42:43 NZDT