1/2" tape cleaners?

From: Doc Shipley <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
Date: Sun Oct 24 15:11:33 2004

Ethan Dicks wrote:

>> Are there good Linux packages for dealing with foreign
>>tapes, such as handling variable block sizes?
>
>
> dd will handle variable block sizes on a per-tape-file basis. I'm sure
> there are other utilities that can as well.

   Linux has the Unix-standard mt command, too, which allows setting the
blocksize the system device uses, either explicitly or to a variable
blocksize.


        Doc
Received on Sun Oct 24 2004 - 15:11:33 BST