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From: Michael Reifenberger <root@totum.plaut.de>
To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
cc: FreeBSD-current users <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>,
        Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>
Subject: Re: Good name for a dump(8) option? 
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On Sat, 1 Feb 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

> Date: Sat, 01 Feb 1997 08:09:58 -0800
> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
> To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>
> Cc: FreeBSD-current users <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Subject: Re: Good name for a dump(8) option? 
> 
> > How to name this kid?  Right now, i've picked key `e' (``end of
> > medium'', ``enforce end-of-medium''), lacking a better idea.  Are
> > there any better suggestions that don't conflict with other existing
> > keys?
> 
> How about a tape length of -1 for the existing option? :-)

Wouldn't the -1 cause YetAnotherOption?
Should't it be a size of 0 instead?

Bye!
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Michael Reifenberger
Plaut Software GmbH, R/3 Basis