07-10-2008
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Originally Posted by
victorcheung
Hi,
Can anyone tell how to list files in a AIX 3.2 mksysb backup tape.
Thanks!
Victor Cheung
To list files on any mksysb tape do the following:
tctl -f /dev/rmt0.1 fsf 3 (This assumes the tape drive is where the mksysb is stored and .1 is the non rewind device the fsf 3 winds the tape past the header information.)
Then
restore -tvqf /dev/rmt0[.1] (for non rewind use the .1)
All of the above assumes that the tape drive characteristics are set to match the way the tape was written too.
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tcopy(1) User Commands tcopy(1)
NAME
tcopy - copy a magnetic tape
SYNOPSIS
tcopy source [destination]
DESCRIPTION
The tcopy utility copies the magnetic tape mounted on the tape drive specified by the source argument. The only assumption made about the
contents of a tape is that there are two tape marks at the end.
When only a source drive is specified, tcopy scans the tape, and displays information about the sizes of records and tape files. If a des-
tination is specified, tcopy makes a copies the source tape onto the destination tape, with blocking preserved. As it copies, tcopy pro-
duces the same output as it does when only scanning a tape.
The tcopy utility requires the use of Berkeley-compatible device names. For example,
example% tcopy /dev/rmt/1b /dev/rmt/2b
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWesu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
mt(1), ioctl(2), attributes(5)
NOTES
tcopy will only run on systems supporting an associated set of ioctl(2) requests.
SunOS 5.10 10 Mar 2000 tcopy(1)