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1.\" Copyright (c) 1996
2.\" Mike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org>. All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
5.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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28.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
29.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
30.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
31.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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33.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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35.\" @(#)mtio.4 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
1.\" Copyright (c) 1996
2.\" Mike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org>. All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
5.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
6.\"
7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions

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28.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
29.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
30.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
31.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
32.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
33.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
34.\"
35.\" @(#)mtio.4 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
36.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/mtio.4 119893 2003-09-08 19:57:22Z ru $
36.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/mtio.4 131530 2004-07-03 18:29:24Z ru $
37.\"
38.Dd February 11, 1996
39.Dt MTIO 4
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm mtio
43.Nd FreeBSD magtape interface
44.Sh DESCRIPTION

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57when the last requested read, write or seek has finished, or the end of the tape
58has been reached.
59The letter
60.Ql n
61is usually prepended to
62the name of the no-rewind devices.
63.Pp
64Tapes can be written with either fixed length records or variable length
37.\"
38.Dd February 11, 1996
39.Dt MTIO 4
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm mtio
43.Nd FreeBSD magtape interface
44.Sh DESCRIPTION

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57when the last requested read, write or seek has finished, or the end of the tape
58has been reached.
59The letter
60.Ql n
61is usually prepended to
62the name of the no-rewind devices.
63.Pp
64Tapes can be written with either fixed length records or variable length
65records. See
65records.
66See
66.Xr sa 4
67for more information.
68Two end-of-file markers mark the end of a tape, and
69one end-of-file marker marks the end of a tape file.
70If the tape is not to be rewound it is positioned with the
71head in between the two tape marks, where the next write
72will over write the second end-of-file marker.
73.Pp

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67.Xr sa 4
68for more information.
69Two end-of-file markers mark the end of a tape, and
70one end-of-file marker marks the end of a tape file.
71If the tape is not to be rewound it is positioned with the
72head in between the two tape marks, where the next write
73will over write the second end-of-file marker.
74.Pp

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