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Date:      Tue, 4 Nov 1997 14:25:30 -0600 (CST)
From:      "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com>
To:        chris@absinthe.i3inc.com (Chris Shenton)
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: "mt eject" nonexistent? (FBSD-2.2.5)
Message-ID:  <199711042025.OAA25063@horton.iaces.com>
In-Reply-To: <199711041946.OAA25181@absinthe.i3inc.com> from Chris Shenton at "Nov 4, 97 02:46:23 pm"

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In a previous message, Chris Shenton said:
> I'm at 2.2.5-STABLE and was looking for something to eject tape from a
> drive so I can use it with Amanda on a little 4-tape juke. Am I being
> stupid or doesn't FreeBSD have an "mt eject" or "mt unload" command?
> If I'm just being stupid and have missed the command, please
> liberate me from my ignorance. :-)


mt -f <device> offline
 
> Many other OSs do, for hardware that groks this function. I'd really
> like to see it on my fave OS :-)
> 


-- 
I don't have the authority to approve that.
--from "Excuses, Excuses" *the* compendium of excuses by Leigh W. Rutledge



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