From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17275 invoked by alias); 16 Nov 2001 10:29:28 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 17218 invoked from network); 16 Nov 2001 10:29:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO cygnus.com) (205.180.230.5) by sourceware.cygnus.com with SMTP; 16 Nov 2001 10:29:27 -0000 Received: from loony.cygnus.com (loony.cygnus.com [205.180.230.181]) by runyon.cygnus.com (8.8.7-cygnus/8.8.7) with ESMTP id CAA07133 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 02:29:25 -0800 (PST) Received: (from cgf@localhost) by loony.cygnus.com (8.11.6/8.8.7) id fAGATSD15373 for cygwin@cygwin.com; Fri, 16 Nov 2001 05:29:28 -0500 Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 08:26:00 -0000 Message-Id: <200111161029.fAGATSD15373@loony.cygnus.com> From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: mt-2.0.1-1 Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2001-11/txt/msg00409.txt.bz2 I've updated the version of mt to 2.0.1-1. This version completely get's rid of the WinNT tape API. It uses only Cygwin calls to perform it's functionality. It's _not_ independent of the OS, though, since it still prints all the additional WinNT specific information on `mt status'. - The default device name is now "/dev/tape". Since that doesn't exist in Cygwin by default, just create a convenient symlink as e.g. mkdir /dev ln -s /dev/st0 /dev/tape It's done the same way on Linux systems. If you don't want to create a symlink you can also just set the environment variable "TAPE" to a convenient value if you like. This, too, avoids that you'll have to use the -f option all the time: export TAPE=/dev/st0 (ash,bash) or setenv TAPE /dev/st0 (tcsh) - This version still supports setting blocksize to 0 to enable the "variable blocksize" feature. - The output of `mt status' is not compatible to GNU-mt, but corresponds to the abilities of the WinNT tape device driver. The command `status' reports more infos on `mt status 2' or `mt status 3'! - Since this `mt' uses the Cygwin device driver, please note that using a rewind device name (e.g. /dev/st0) will rewind the tape after the operation! This is equivalent to Linux. If you e.g. want to move to block 3, don't be surprised that mt -f /dev/st0 seek 3 ends up on block 0. In these cases, use the appropriate no-rewind device instead: mt -f /dev/nst0 seek 3 Caution: Even using the `status' command will rewind when used on a rewind tape device! Tip: ln -s /dev/nst0 /dev/tape To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on the http://cygwin.com/ web page. This downloads setup.exe to your system. Once you've downloaded setup.exe, run it and select the appropriate package from the list. Note that we do not allow downloads from sources.redhat.com (aka cygwin.com) due to bandwidth limitations. This means that you will need to find a mirror which has this update. In the US, ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/mirrors/sources.redhat.com/cygwin/ is a reliable high bandwidth connection. In Germany, ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/pc/gnuwin32/cygwin/mirrors/cygnus/ is usually pretty good. In the UK, http://programming.ccp14.ac.uk/ftp-mirror/programming/cygwin/pub/cygwin/ is usually up-to-date within 48 hours. If one of the above doesn't have the latest version of this package then you can either wait for the site to be updated or find another mirror. The setup.exe program will figure out what needs to be updated on your system and will install newer packages automatically. If you have questions or comments, please send them to the Cygwin mailing list at: cygwin@cygwin.com . I would appreciate it if you would use this mailing list rather than emailing me directly. This includes ideas and comments about the setup utility or Cygwin in general. If you want to make a point or ask a question, the Cygwin mailing list is the appropriate place. *** CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO *** If you want to unsubscribe from the cygwin-announce mailing list, look at the "List-Unsubscribe: " tag in the email header of this message. Send email to the address specified there. It will be in the format: cygwin-announce-unsubscribe-you=yourdomain.com@cygwin.com -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:cygwin@sources.redhat.com Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/