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8.1.1: Rewinding and non-rewinding devices

It is common usage for Un*x tape device drivers to provide two different kinds of tape devices: one that rewinds the tape when the device is closed and one that does not. Usually the non-rewinding device has an `n' prefix in front of its name which is otherwise the same as for the auto-rewinding device. The Linux floppy tape device driver ftape follows this convention.

Header segments Updating of the header segments
tape motion commands Rewinding devices and tape motion commands

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