hang vol_ser=123456 file=mytape mode=read_write density=1600

Ian F. Darwin ian at utcsstat.UUCP
Sat Mar 17 08:31:25 AEST 1984


	> From dave at utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) Fri, 9-Mar-84 13:52:22 EST
	> 
	> As Mark Callow points out, that's hardly UNIX-like. 
	> ...
	> hang -w -s 800 mytape
	> 		(put a write ring in, and mount for 800bpi)
	
	Unlike your UNIX-like syntax, the given syntax needed no explanation.
	-- 
	        -IAN!  (Ian! D. Allen)      University of Waterloo

The VMS/MVS syntax needs an explanation too. One needs to explain
why he or she is trying to hang something so gadawfully verbose
and JCL-ish on top of UNIX. To paraphrase dmr: If you want JCL, you
know where to find it.

-- 
Ian F. Darwin, Toronto  uucp: utcsstat!ian  



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