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From: "Mark Powell" <M.S.Powell@salford.ac.uk>
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Subject: Opening a write-protected tape for writing
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Hi,
  In 7.0-PRERELEASE, it seems that it is possible to open a write-protected 
tape for writing. Shouldn't this fail with an error?
   Cheers.

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Mark Powell - UNIX System Administrator - The University of Salford
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