User Guide

1-2 Ampex 1308911-02
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1.2 Manual Contents
• Section 1, “General Information,” describes document conventions used in this manual,
its intended audience, and related documents.
• Section 2, “Software Overview,” provides a general overview of the host system tape
device driver interface, tape drive behavior, the libdd2 API functions, and the DD-2 Tape
Management Utilities.
• Section 3,“DD-2 Tape Format,” introduces the DD-2 tape format.
• Section 4, “Tape Drive Operational Characteristics,” describes tape drive operating
features you should be familiar with when using the libdd2 API functions or dd2 utilities.
• Section 5, “libdd2 API Functions,” contains the manual pages for the libdd2 API
functions.
• Section 6, “DD-2 Utilities Manual Pages,” contains the manual pages for the DD-2
utilities.
• Appendix A, “Glossary and Acronyms,” describes terms and defines acronyms used
throughout this document.
• Appendix B, “Device Special Files,” provides detailed information on the device special
files available on supported UNIX platforms.
• Appendix C, “Result Codes and Machine Status,” defines the Result and Machines Status
Codes that the tape drive can report.
• Appendix D, “MSR Diagnostic Status Information,” describes the diagnostic status
information that the tape drive can report.
• Appendix E, “Statistics,” describes the service and operational statistics that the tape
drive can report.