User Guide

Ampex 1308904-X4 Preliminary Draft 5-7
ACL Application Programmer’s Guide acl_intro
The storage bin names correspond to the locations they occupy:
A01-A32, B01-B32, C01-C32, D01-D32, E01-E32, F01-F32,
G01-G32, H01-H06, and H15-H32.
IMEX bins The eight IMEX bins provide operator access for insertion and
removal of tape cartridges. They are named H07-H14,
corresponding to the locations they occupy.
ENVIRONMENT
The ACL management utilities use the following environment variables. Command-line
options always override any environment variables.
$ACL_DEV
Specifies the device special file to use when you omit the -device <device_special_file>
option.
$RETRY_ON_RESET
Specifies that the ACL management utilities perform one retry automatically when a failure is
caused by a SCSI Bus Device Reset of the ACL. When $RETRY_ON_RESET is not set, an
ACL management utility will perform a retry automatically only if the -retry_on_reset option
is specified on the command line.
EXIT STATUS
The ACL management utilities use the following exit status codes, and may also produce
output to -stdout on success:
0 Operation successful.
nonzero Operation failed.
SEE ALSO
libacl_intro_api(3), dd2_intro(1), dst_api_Intro(3)
DST/DIS Automated Cartridge Library Application Programming Interface (libacl)
Programmer’s Guide