> -----Original Message----- > From: Les Mikesell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 26 June 2006 06:30 PM > To: Mark Coetser > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] archive error > > On Mon, 2006-06-26 at 18:02 +0200, Mark Coetser wrote: > > > One or two more questions if you don't mind. How does the > BackupPC_tarCreate > > script rewind the tape? I would like to make the script eject the tape > after > > the archive, I used to do this with mt rewoffl? > > There is usually a 'rewinding' device name that you can use for the tape > drive that will force it to rewind before access - or if you put the > commands in your own script you can 'mt rewind' before the write and > 'mt offline' after - or rewoffl if your tape doesn't automatically > rewind before being ejected. Also, many tape drives require writes > to be done in a particular block size. If you need that, use dd > as the last element in your pipeline and specify obs=size to make it > reblock. > > -- > Les Mikesell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Thanks Les
How would I see what the full command is that is run for the archive host so I can create a small bash script for cron. Thank you, Mark Adrian Coetser [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tux-edo.co.za, http://www.thummb.com cel: +27 76 527 8789 Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
