On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Paul Lussier wrote:
> I just checked the FAQ-O-Matic and docs/, but couldn't find this answer.
> (btw, looks like that fom needs some clean-up, there are a bunch of
> empty "New Item" items in there).
Yes, it's getting to be a bit of a mess.
> I have a tape, and want to find out what's on it directly from
> the tape. I know I've seen this answered some where before, but
> can't seem to remember wherer.
If my somewhat fuzzy memory serves, the trick is to run amrestore and
specify a phoney host/disk name combination. Then it will scan the
tape looking for the filesystem you asked for, printing out those it
does find along the way. Since the phoney fs won't be found it will
scan all the way to the end of the tape, and voila, you have a tape
listing.
I suppose some enterprising soul could turn this into a real command,
or command option. It probably hasn't been done because it works well
enough to satisfy most folks like this. The big problem with this is
only that it continues to be a FAQ due to its general obscurity.
-Mitch
