Mark Hounschell wrote:
> Mark Hounschell wrote:
>> Sorry to bother you all with such an easy thing. I can't figure out how
>> the
>> kernel knows I have a write protected tape in a drive that I open via
>>
>> open("/dev/st0", O_RDWR, cf_flg, 0666)
>
> Sorry for the typo
>
> open("/dev/st0", O_RDWR, 0666)
>
>> Using the sgio interface I can only sense a write protect status after
>> attempting to to a write.
>> How can one know this before doing a write op?
>>
Never mind, it's in the mode-sense data.
Mark
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