Re: [SLUG] What on earth does IM_REP_EN mean?

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Jamie Wilkinson <jaq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> mt status gives a bunch of useful information, so therefore IM_REP_EN can't
> be some superfluous status flag designed to lead people astray.  Does anyone
> know what it means?

man st
GMT_IM_REP_EN(x): Immediate report mode. This bit is set  if
       there  are  no  guarantees that the data has been physi-
       cally written to the tape when the write  call returns.
       It is set zero only when the driver does not buffer data
       and the drive is set not to buffer data.