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IBM eServer Certification Study Guide - pSeries AIX System Administration
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IBM eServer Certification Study Guide - pSeries AIX System Administration

by Christian Pruett, Kristian Strickland, Scott Vetter
December 2001
Intermediate to advanced
506 pages
10h 4m
English
IBM Redbooks
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8.7. Special file notes for rmt

The purpose of the device rmt is to provide access to the sequential-access bulk storage medium device driver.

Magnetic tapes are used primarily for backup, file archives, and other off-line storage. Tapes are accessed through the /dev/rmt0, ..., /dev/rmt255 special files. The r in the special file name indicates raw access through the character special file interface. A tape device does not lend itself well to the category of a block device. Only character interface special files are therefore provided.

Table 8-3 is a list of the tape device special file characteristics; /dev/rmt* can be from /dev/rmt0 to /dev/rmt255.

Table 8-3. Tape device special file characteristics
Special file nameRewind-on-closeRetension-on-open ...
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