https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=355241 User Joachim.Reichelt@helmholtz-hzi.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=355241#c2 --- Comment #2 from Joachim Reichelt <Joachim.Reichelt@helmholtz-hzi.de> 2008-01-24 03:14:05 MST --- mt defaults for years to /dev/tape see man mt: The default tape device to operate on is taken from the file /usr/include/sys/mtio.h when mt is compiled. It can be overridden by giving a device file name in the environment variable TAPE or by a command line option (see below), which also overrides the environment variable. And /usr/include/sys/mtio.h ends with /* Specify default tape device. */ #ifndef DEFTAPE # define DEFTAPE "/dev/tape" #endif But now there is /dev/tape a directory Perhaps there is a way to put in a usefull name here. It's between a minor bug and a feature request. tar defaults to stdout Both use the value of TAPE, if set. This is the usual way. In former times(hp-ux9, irix, solaris) there was a symlink from /dev/st0 (or whatever the first rewind tape was) to /dev/tape. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.