Tape block problem

[Bill Jackson]

> From grass-lists-owner at moon.cecer.army.mil Tue Feb 20 15:24:01 1996
> From: ngaur at redwood.dynis.com
> Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 14:51:39 -0500
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> Subject: Tape block problem
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> 
> This may not be appropriate for the group. But I am putting this
> question because you all dwell a lot in the UNIX world. 
> 
> Is there a UNIX program/command to determin the block size of 
> a media ?
> 
> Thanx
> 
> Nalneesh Gaur
> 

In sunOs4.1.3 there is a program tcopy, intended for tape to tape copy, it will
also will give file and block sizes.

tcopy /dev/rst0



Bill Jackson
LL-N
USA-CERL
Champaign, IL