On Saturday 15 June 2002 20:04, Niall O Broin wrote: >On Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 07:16:04PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: >> I think you missed the sequence there, I used the rewinding >> device descriptor "st0" when I read the label out to a file, so >> when the > >Ah, there's the rub - that may be what you MEANT but what you > posted was > >-------------------------------------------- >#!/bin/bash >mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind ># but don't rewind it here as you save the amanda label >dd if=/dev/nst0 of=label-this-tape bs=512 count=1 > > >which is just a little different :-) > A bunch in fact, like being pregnant. But that script does work, its the one I used. I had to ssh into my office machine 30 miles up the road to get it.
Now I'll have to re-check my handiwork, I hate that :-) -- Cheers, Gene AMD K6-III@500mhz 320M Athlon1600XP@1400mhz 512M 99.0% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly
