1 # $NetBSD: README,v 1.2 1998/01/09 04:12:19 perry Exp $ 2 3 README 4 5 This is the remote mag tape library. It allows a program that uses 6 Unix system calls to transparently use a file (usually a tape drive) on 7 another system via /etc/rmt, simply by including <rmt.h>. It is 8 particularly useful with tar and dd, and is supplied with GNU tar. 9 10 This package has evolved somewhat over the years. My thanks to the 11 people who did most of the original work, and those who've contributed 12 bug fixes; appropriate credit is in the man page and source files. 13 14 Enjoy, 15 16 Arnold Robbins 17 Emory U. Computing Center 18 arnold (a] emoryu1.cc.emory.edu 19 gatech!emoryu1!arnold 20 +1 404 727 7636 21