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From:   Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
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Subject: Re: Errors in man pages, here: st.4.po: Wording
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Hello Kai,
On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 06:59:07PM +0300, "Kai M=C3=A4kisara (Kolumbus)" wr=
ote:
> > On 20. Apr 2020, at 12.48, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <mtk.manpages@gm=
ail.com> wrote:
> >=20
> > [CC +=3D Kai]
> >=20
> > On 4/19/20 8:48 AM, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> >> Dear manpages maintainers.
> >>=20
> ...
> >> **
> >>=20
> >> media =E2=86=92 data
> >>=20
> >> msgid "Go to the end of the recorded media (for appending files)."
> >>=20
> End of media is the end of the tape. End of recorded media means
> after the last record/filemark that has been written to the tape. Usually
> (not always) you can write more data after what has been written
> so far. End of recorded media is standard tape terminology.
>=20
> >> --
> >> drive =E2=86=92 media
> >>=20
> >> "B<GMT_WR_PROT>(I<x>): The drive is write-protected.  For some drives =
this "
> >> "can also mean that the drive does not support writing on the current =
medium "
> >> "type."
> >=20
> This basically means that the drive refuses to write to the media. It can=
 be
> write-protected by the user. The additional text hints at the possibility
> that the drive can only read the media type in the drive. It is quite
> common that drives can read, for instance, several old formats
> (usually with smaller capacity) but can write only the newest types.
> Many times the user may not know very well the properties of the
> drive and wonders, why can=E2=80=99t I write even if the tape can be read
> and the write protect tab is off.

Thanks for the explanations.

Greetings

         Helge
--=20
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