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| author | mjacob <mjacob@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-02-05 08:06:05 +0000 |
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| committer | mjacob <mjacob@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-02-05 08:06:05 +0000 |
| commit | 53c7300e25b298d95334fdedf184f071b0b9c28d (patch) | |
| tree | a7e389081d280723a6723e52d6cd52f9371183e0 /share/man/man4/sa.4 | |
| parent | 07aef5baef32b273b52d0b425177e65409dcbdc4 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-53c7300e25b298d95334fdedf184f071b0b9c28d.zip FreeBSD-src-53c7300e25b298d95334fdedf184f071b0b9c28d.tar.gz | |
add a note about exclusive open
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| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/sa.4 | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/sa.4 b/share/man/man4/sa.4 index d12dd0a2d..6eba8f0 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/sa.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/sa.4 @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $Id: sa.4,v 1.12 1998/10/16 04:06:21 ken Exp $ +.\" $Id: sa.4,v 1.13 1999/02/05 07:48:26 mjacob Exp $ .\" .Dd October 15, 1998 .Dt SA 4 @@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ command, reachable through the .Sq Cm offline command of .Xr mt 1 . +.El +.Pp +It should be noted that tape devices are exclusive open devices, except in +the case where a control mode device is opened. In the latter case, exclusive +access is only sought when needed (e.g., to set parameters). .Sh SUB-MODES Bits 0 and 1 of the minor number are interpreted as .Sq sub-modes . |
