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STRTAPE 3
NAME
strtape - convert string to tape device pathname
SYNOPSIS
.L "char* strtape(char* s, char** e)"
DESCRIPTION
strtape converts the generic tape device specification in the nul-terminated string s to a local tape device pathname. A pointer to the device pathname is returned. If e not 0 then *e is set to point to the first unrecognized character in s .

A tape device specification is composed of unit-density-rewind . All are optional. unit is a unit number in the range [0-7] . The default unit is 1 . Density may be one of:

3 l for low;

3 m for medium, and

h for high.

The default is m . rewind is n for no-rewind on device close. The default is to rewind on device close.

"SEE ALSO"
pax(1), tar(1)
CAVEATS
The return value points to a static area that is overwritten on each call.