Rock on! I complained about that a while ago.
Since 1.2.10 uses CHANGER, I would set chg-zd-mtx to use CHANGER and say
that it requires 1.2.10 or above.
--Joe, running to update from 1.2.9 to 1.2.10 ;-)
On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 12:43:15AM -0500, Jason Hollinden wrote:
> Now I'm more confused. :)
>
> The docs for mtx-1.2.10 say to use CHANGER, while the older versions
> seemed to use TAPE. I assume that's why the chg-zd-mtx was written
> with the $TAPE variable. 1.2.10 also will honor TAPE or CHANGER, which was
> why I had never changed it before.
>
> If if it doesn't matter if it's called TAPE or CHANGER, I'd like to have
> it as CHANGER, since that what their docs now suggest.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> On Fri, 02 Mar 2001, Joe Rhett wrote:
>
> > Sorry - wrong maintainer. The problem isn't chg-zd-mtx, it's the 'mtx'
> > program itself which uses the $TAPE environment variable. Sorry for the
> > confusion.
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 09:22:44AM -0500, Jason Hollinden wrote:
> > > Here is a patch for the current CVS version of chg-zd-mtx.sh.in that
> > > changes the $TAPE variable to $CHANGER. It was only used 3 times, so it
> > > was pretty painless.
> > >
> > > On Thu, 01 Mar 2001, Joe Rhett wrote:
> > >
> > > > As others have said, it uses the TAPE environment variable. I wish we could
> > > > convince the maintainer to use CHANGER instead, so it doesn't conflict with
> > > > mt's TAPE environment variable <sigh>
> > > >
> > > > Anyway, make sure you are using either the version we made
> > > > http://www.noc.isite.net/?Projects
> > > >
> > > > or the version someone else did which supports barcodes. The version
> > > > distributed with Amanda doesn't work with modern versions of mtx and has
> > > > numerous bugs.
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 01:24:12PM -0500, 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?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] 843-745-3154
> > > > > Charleston SC.
> > > > > --
> > > > > Windows 98: n.
> > > > > useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and
> > > > > a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system
> > > > > originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit
> > > > > company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition.
> > > > > -
> > > > > (c) 2000 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Joe Rhett Chief Technology Officer
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ISite Services, Inc.
> > > >
> > > > PGP keys and contact information: http://www.noc.isite.net/Staff/
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jason Hollinden
> > >
> > > SMG Systems Admin
> >
> > > --- chg-zd-mtx.sh.in.20010302 Fri Mar 2 08:57:17 2001
> > > +++ chg-zd-mtx.sh.in Fri Mar 2 09:00:39 2001
> > > @@ -88,8 +88,8 @@
> > >
> > > myname=$0
> > > tape=`amgetconf$SUF tapedev`
> > > -TAPE=`amgetconf$SUF changerdev`; export TAPE # for mtx command
> > > -if [ "$tape" = "/dev/null" -o "$TAPE" = "/dev/null" ]; then
> > > +CHANGER=`amgetconf$SUF changerdev`; export CHANGER # for mtx command
> > > +if [ "$tape" = "/dev/null" -o "$CHANGER" = "/dev/null" ]; then
> > > echo "Both tapedev and changerdev must be specified in config file";
> > > exit 2;
> > > fi
> >
> >
> > --
> > Joe Rhett Chief Technology Officer
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ISite Services, Inc.
> >
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>
>
> --
> Jason Hollinden
>
> SMG Systems Admin
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