The Ftape Installation and Usage Guide - Devices description
It is common usage for Un*x tape device drivers to provide two different
kinds of tape devices: one that rewinds the tape when the device is
closed and one that does not. Usually the non-rewinding device has an
`n
' prefix in front of its name which is otherwise the same as for
the auto-rewinding device. The Linux floppy tape device driver
ftape follows this convention.
Header segments | Updating of the header segments. |
tape motion commands | Rewinding devices and tape motion commands. |
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