> On 20. Apr 2020, at 12.48, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > [CC += Kai] > > On 4/19/20 8:48 AM, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: >> Dear manpages maintainers. >> ... >> ** >> >> media → data >> >> msgid "Go to the end of the recorded media (for appending files)." >> End of media is the end of the tape. End of recorded media means after the last record/filemark that has been written to the tape. Usually (not always) you can write more data after what has been written so far. End of recorded media is standard tape terminology. >> -- >> drive → media >> >> "B<GMT_WR_PROT>(I<x>): The drive is write-protected. For some drives this " >> "can also mean that the drive does not support writing on the current medium " >> "type." > This basically means that the drive refuses to write to the media. It can be write-protected by the user. The additional text hints at the possibility that the drive can only read the media type in the drive. It is quite common that drives can read, for instance, several old formats (usually with smaller capacity) but can write only the newest types. Many times the user may not know very well the properties of the drive and wonders, why can’t I write even if the tape can be read and the write protect tab is off. Thanks, Kai
