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From: "Tony Battersby" <tonyb@cybernetics.com>
Subject: RE: Writing to tape from C system calls
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 11:38:05 -0500
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To: 'Ujval Lodha' <ujval@gdc-tech.com>, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org

> Any material that would help understand tape devices and
> tape as a medium - filemarks, setmarks, and the order of
> operations one is expected to perform.

Try the "SCSI-3 Stream Commands (SSC)" and "SCSI Stream Commands - 2
(SSC-2)" specifications available at http://www.t10.org/drafts.htm.
They give a nice general overview of tape technology in the opening
section.

Anthony J. Battersby
Cybernetics