Erik E. Fair  , Time Keeper <fair@clock.org> wrote:
> 1. if you use an ioctl, software (e.g. dump, tar, mt) must be modified to
> take advantage.

Not necessarily... you could use 'mt' to disable/enable compression for
a given tape. (I think some penguin-possessed OSs do this too).


Hubert

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Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@rz.uni-regensburg.de>