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To: Daniel Baker <dbaker@Concorde-Mail.NeoSoft.COM>
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Subject: Re: Colorado FT 
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Date: Fri, 5 May 1995 23:28:55 +0200
From: Julian Howard Stacey <jhs@vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de>
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> I read the ft man page,

> Also, how do I erase and format a tape, etc?

man ft says:

BUGS
     Formatting/Verifying is in the works.  You will need to use your existing
     backup program to do this for the time being.

Admittedly my man. is from a couple of weeks old source, but did you really
read the manual ?

You do at least have the src tree to read :-)

Julian S