Re: ftape format warning!!!

["Daniel Lynes" <dbl@eznet.ca>]

On Mon, 19 Aug 96 16:33 EDT, Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca
wrote:

>  tar generates a single Tape ARchive (that's why it is called `tar')
>  and knows nothing about multiple files or positioning of a tape, it
>  just reads or writes from/to a device. mt knows everyting about moving
>  the tape back and forth, but nothing about reading the data off the
>  tape.  As you might have guessed, tar and mt in conjunction, does the

Just one question...

Does taper implicitly call 'mt'?

Thanks in advance.