Oops! Of course that is what I meant to say :) Thanks Peter, Darrell > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Samuel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 7:52 AM > To: Darrell May > Cc: 'Michael Doerner'; e-smith-devinfo (E-mail) > Subject: RE: [e-smith-devinfo] Flexbackup -toc ..result: This tape > doesn't have an index! > > > On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Darrell May wrote: > > > Hi Michael. Yes, Flexbackup is not very easy to use. Here > is a few tips I > > picked up from Peter Samuel during our Flexbackup testing. > The e-smith > > implementation of Flexbackup uses 'dump'. Dump doesn't > use/create indexes. > > (Go figure) So, the -toc command doesn't have anything to > report. Try this > > for testing: > > Darrell has to go back and re-read his mail :) > > Dump uses its OWN index, flexbackup knows this, so it doesn't > waste time > and effort creating a flexbackup index on the tape (it does create an > index file as the first file on the tape, but it is empty). > > -- > Regards > Peter > ---------- > Peter Samuel [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.e-smith.org (development) > http://www.e-smith.com (corporate) > Phone: +1 613 368 4398 Fax: +1 613 564 7739 > e-smith, inc. 1500-150 Metcalfe St, Ottawa, ON K2P 1P1 Canada > > "If you kill all your unhappy customers, you'll only have > happy ones left" >
