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Re: AIX support for ERASING a tape

2002-03-20 01:04:37
Subject: Re: AIX support for ERASING a tape
From: "Seay, Paul" <seay_pd AT NAPTHEON DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 01:01:25 -0500
A DSE erase command has no system overhead.  You issue the command and the
internal drive workings recognize it as an erase dataset and it will not
destroy the label of the tape. It will stop at the file mark if I remember
correctly.

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