Inside the chg-zd-mtx, it sets the TAPE environment variable, which
works the same as the CHANGER that's listed in the mtx docs.
On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Stan Brown wrote:
> I'm trying to get my first tape changer working, and I'm a little confused.
>
> It appears that I need to use the chg-zd-mtx scriptm but the version of mtx
> that I have is used like this:
>
> mtx -f /dev/sg0 next
>
> for instance. Now it appears to me that chg-zd-mtx just runs mtx like this:
>
> mtx next
>
> That is wihtout the device specifier. Now it is possible for my version of
> mtx to use the CHANGER environment variable, instead of the -f argument,
> but I can't see anywhere that gets set in chg-zd-mtx either, and since this
> will ultimatley be run fron cron, and thus potentialy be somewhat
> "environmently chalenged", I am wondering how this is usually handled?
>
>
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