| Title: | DIGITAL UNIX (FORMERLY KNOWN AS DEC OSF/1) |
| Notice: | Welcome to the Digital UNIX Conference |
| Moderator: | SMURF::DENHAM |
| Created: | Thu Mar 16 1995 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 10068 |
| Total number of notes: | 35879 |
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8240.1 | NETRIX::"[email protected]" | Jan Reimers | Wed Dec 18 1996 11:31 | 10 | |
| 8240.2 | Is the density necessary? | NABETH::alan | Dr. File System's Home for Wayward Inodes. | Wed Dec 18 1996 13:16 | 16 |
| 8240.3 | middle of tape | NETRIX::"[email protected]" | Jan Reimers | Fri Feb 21 1997 14:51 | 11 |
It is generally more efficient to get this kind of information only once. That's why it is done at open time, rather than needing to check for every read if it needs to determine density. As for handling density selection when it is opened in the middle of the tape, it never needs to do that. The ONLY time it needs to determine density setting is at BOT. The density setting will not change in the middle of the tape, so it remembers the setting after having determined it at BOT. Therefore, when the tape is opened in the middle, no SPACE/REWIND commands are done. [Posted by WWW Notes gateway] | |||||