bsdtar-notapedrive.diff   [plain text]

--- tar/bsdtar.c.orig	2008-10-13 19:23:17.000000000 -0700
+++ tar/bsdtar.c	2008-10-13 19:23:40.000000000 -0700
@@ -68,18 +68,6 @@
 
 #include "bsdtar.h"
 
-/*
- * Per POSIX.1-1988, tar defaults to reading/writing archives to/from
- * the default tape device for the system.  Pick something reasonable here.
- */
-#ifdef __linux
-#define	_PATH_DEFTAPE "/dev/st0"
-#endif
-
-#ifndef _PATH_DEFTAPE
-#define	_PATH_DEFTAPE "/dev/tape"
-#endif
-
 /* External function to parse a date/time string (from getdate.y) */
 time_t get_date(const char *);
 
@@ -133,11 +121,6 @@
 	/* Look up uid of current user for future reference */
 	bsdtar->user_uid = geteuid();
 
-	/* Default: open tape drive. */
-	bsdtar->filename = getenv("TAPE");
-	if (bsdtar->filename == NULL)
-		bsdtar->filename = _PATH_DEFTAPE;
-
 	/* Default: preserve mod time on extract */
 	bsdtar->extract_flags = ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_TIME;
 
@@ -614,7 +597,7 @@
 	"  -c Create  -r Add/Replace  -t List  -u Update  -x Extract\n"
 	"Common Options:\n"
 	"  -b #  Use # 512-byte records per I/O block\n"
-	"  -f <filename>  Location of archive (default " _PATH_DEFTAPE ")\n"
+	"  -f <filename>  Location of archive\n"
 	"  -v    Verbose\n"
 	"  -w    Interactive\n"
 	"Create: %p -c [options] [<file> | <dir> | @<archive> | -C <dir> ]\n"
--- tar/bsdtar.1.orig	2008-10-13 19:23:49.000000000 -0700
+++ tar/bsdtar.1	2008-10-13 19:25:19.000000000 -0700
@@ -177,11 +177,6 @@
 The filename can be
 .Pa -
 for standard input or standard output.
-If not specified, the default tape device will be used.
-(On
-.Fx ,
-the default tape device is
-.Pa /dev/sa0 . )
 .It Fl H
 (c and r mode only)
 Symbolic links named on the command line will be followed; the
@@ -462,26 +457,12 @@
 See
 .Xr environ 7
 for more information.
-.It Ev TAPE
-The default tape device.
-The
-.Fl f
-option overrides this.
 .It Ev TZ
 The timezone to use when displaying dates.
 See
 .Xr environ 7
 for more information.
 .El
-.Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width ".Ev BLOCKSIZE"
-.It Pa /dev/sa0
-The default tape device, if not overridden by the
-.Ev TAPE
-environment variable or the
-.Fl f
-option.
-.El
 .Sh EXIT STATUS
 .Ex -std
 .Sh EXAMPLES
@@ -498,10 +479,6 @@
 archive:
 .Dl Nm Fl tvf Pa file.tar.gz
 .Pp
-To extract all entries from the archive on
-the default tape drive:
-.Dl Nm Fl x
-.Pp
 To examine the contents of an ISO 9660 cdrom image:
 .Dl Nm Fl tf Pa image.iso
 .Pp