[comp.unix.questions] Ultrix tape job is unkillable!

rbj@nav.icst.nbs.gov (Root Boy Jim) (01/07/89)

? In article <9221@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) writes:
? >This implies that some state must be maintained in the driver, and
? >you know how notoriously easy it is to get into trouble doing that.

I heard that Sun is coming out with NTS a stateless Network Tape System.
Most likely AT&T will come out with RTS which preserves UNIX semantics.

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