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Special Forums Hardware Filesystems, Disks and Memory Patphr Post 302097450 by patphr on Friday 24th of November 2006 12:00:38 PM
Old 11-24-2006
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Is there an quicker way? If I use the tar command to view the backup contents and it shows me a date and time on the tape, can I be sure I have a good backup?

Also, Is there a way to check a tape drive to see if it is bad?

Will Smit let me see the tar backup quicker?

Last edited by patphr; 11-24-2006 at 01:04 PM.. Reason: adding to the question
 
BACKUP_APROPOS(8)					       AFS Command Reference						 BACKUP_APROPOS(8)

NAME
       backup_apropos - Displays each help entry containing a keyword string

SYNOPSIS
       backup apropos -topic <help string> [-help]

       backup ap -t <help string> [-h]

DESCRIPTION
       The backup apropos command displays the first line of the online help entry for any backup command that has in its name or short
       description the string specified by the -topic argument.

       To display the syntax for a command, use the backup help command.

OPTIONS
       -topic <help string>
	   Specifies the keyword string to match, in lowercase letters only.  If the string is more than a single word, surround it with double
	   quotes (" ") or other delimiters.

       -help
	   Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

OUTPUT
       The first line of a command's online help entry names it and briefly describes its function. This command displays the first line for any
       backup command where the string specified with the -topic argument is part of the command name or first line.

EXAMPLES
       The following example lists all backup commands that include the word "tape" in their names or short descriptions:

	  % backup apropos tape
	  labeltape: label a tape
	  readlabel: read the label on tape
	  scantape: dump information recovery from tape
	  status: get tape coordinator status

PRIVILEGE REQUIRED
       None

SEE ALSO
       backup(8), backup_help(8)

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OpenAFS 							    2012-03-26							 BACKUP_APROPOS(8)
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