Hello Kai, On Mon, 20 Apr 2020 at 17:59, "Kai Mäkisara (Kolumbus)" <kai.makisara@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > 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. So, if I understand right, then no changes to the wording are required? Thanks, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
