"Don Sharp" wrote:
> > anyway, there's just one thing i dont understand on your script:
> >
> > mt -f /dev/nst0 tell
> >
> > why do you need this?
> >
>
> One doesn't strictly need it. I use it to tell me how near to a full
> tape I am using so I reshuffle what goes on which tape when it proves
> necessary.
>
hey, that is quite cool as I want to add 2 tests to my script (is
the tape full, is the tape empty). how do i interpret the tell output, i.e.
whats the max blocks on a compressed dds-2 tape?
marco
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