SMCIOC_LOAD_MEDIUM

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This IOCTL command loads a tape from a specific slot into the drive. Or, it loads from the first full slot into the drive if the slot address is specified as zero.

An example of the SMCIOC_LOAD_MEDIUM command is

#include <sys/IBM_tape.h>
/* load cartridge from slot 3 */
if (ioctl (tapefd, SMCIOC_LOAD_MEDIUM,3)) {
   printf ("IOCTL failure. errno=%d\n",errno);
   exit(1);
}
/* load first cartridge from magazine */
if (ioctl (tapefd, SMCIOC_LOAD_MEDIUM,0)) {
   printf ("IOCTL failure. errno=%d\n",errno);
   exit(1);
}