10-07-2011
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Originally Posted by
petervg
Hi All,
Are there recommendations about the use of cleaning tapes in DDS devices?
Should I clean the tape only when the drive indicates cleaning? Should I clean it once a month, week, even every day?
Is it harmful to clean the tape every day?
Thanks for your insights.
--Peter
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Are there recommendations about the use of cleaning tapes in DDS devices?
To get better results track the number of cleans ( usually vendor recommends a 50 time of clean as a life time for a cleaning tape ) save them in a dry place with no sunlight or any electro magnetic fields.
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Should I clean the tape only when the drive indicates cleaning? Should I clean it once a month, week, even every day?
I always clean when the drives needs cleaning.
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Is it harmful to clean the tape every day?
Yes, but it depends on your drive condition.
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dh_clean
DH_CLEAN(1) Debhelper DH_CLEAN(1)
NAME
dh_clean - clean up package build directories
SYNOPSIS
dh_clean [debhelperoptions] [-k] [-d] [-Xitem] [file...]
DESCRIPTION
dh_clean is a debhelper program that is responsible for cleaning up after a package is built. It removes the package build directories, and
removes some other files including debian/files, and any detritus left behind by other debhelper commands. It also removes common files
that should not appear in a Debian diff:
#*# *~ DEADJOE *.orig *.rej *.SUMS TAGS .deps/* *.P *-stamp
It does not run "make clean" to clean up after the build process. Use dh_auto_clean(1) to do things like that.
dh_clean (or "dh clean") should be the last debhelper command run in the clean target in debian/rules.
FILES
debian/clean
Can list other files to be removed.
OPTIONS
-k, --keep
This is deprecated, use dh_prep(1) instead.
-d, --dirs-only
Only clean the package build directories, do not clean up any other files at all.
-Xitem --exclude=item
Exclude files that contain item anywhere in their filename from being deleted, even if they would normally be deleted. You may use this
option multiple times to build up a list of things to exclude.
file ...
Delete these files too.
SEE ALSO
debhelper(7)
This program is a part of debhelper.
AUTHOR
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
8.9.0ubuntu2.1 2012-06-12 DH_CLEAN(1)