Login or Register to Ask a Question and Join Our Community

Sponsored Content
Full Discussion: Handling tape errors in script
Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Handling tape errors in script Post 302777809 by Corona688 on Friday 8th of March 2013 11:53:51 AM
Old 03-08-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by landog
Thanks!

What if the stderr message is this:
Code:
backup: 0511-089 Cannot open /dev/rmt0: The input or output media is write-protected.
Mount volume 1 on /dev/rmt0.
        Press Enter to continue

Would it just hang as no one could "Press Enter" ?
When your script is run from cron, it has nothing to read ENTER from -- no terminal. When the utility tries to read, it will get EOF or some sort of error, and probably quit. A badly-coded program might go into an infinite loop though.

A well-coded program could even tell that it has no terminal, and not bother trying.
This User Gave Thanks to Corona688 For This Post:
landog
 

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

SCO 5.0.5 Tape Drive errors

hi guys, I.m trying to remove and add a new tape drive by using the mkdev tape command and when i try to update the Kernel this is what i'm getting, i386ld: Symbol Sdsk_no_tag in /var/opt/K/SCO/link/1.1.1Eb/etc/conf/pack.d/blad/s pace.o is multiply defined. First defined in... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: josramon
0 Replies

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Handling Errors in Shell Scripts

I have a shell script, which calls a load script to load a database. How can i handle errors in Unix(similar to 'error level' in Batch scripts)? I am trying to use 'mailx' to send a Success/failure message based on the error level returned by the load script. I have already used an error log... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: sarsani
2 Replies

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Shell script file handling

Hi ! /bin/sh set logdir1 "logDir/local/logname" #write the filename into a file echo $logdir1 >> logname.txt how do i exec the above echo command (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: nathgopi214
1 Replies

4. SCO

Tape Status shows 2 Hard errors and 5 Underruns on new tape

when I do a tape status /dev/rStp0 I get the following on a new tape and I have tried several: Status : ready beginning-of-tape soft errors : 0 hard errors: 2 underruns: 5 My BackupEdge has stopped backing up my system because it asks for a new volume yet my total system data is under 20... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: psytropic
5 Replies

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

handling filespec in bash script

hi there, i just need a help handling the output of filespec in case has been picked im writing a bash script similar to the command ls, and ive done everything except handing the filespec which i spent more than 3 hrs and i coundn't figure out or find any on the net. all what i need is... (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: new2Linux
11 Replies

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Handling input from a ls in a script

I'm trying to write a script that will handle the input from the ls command in my script so I can then manipulate the data. For example, I want to capture the output of the ls command in my script and then do a differences between the filename received in to another directory. ls |... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: spookyrtd99
1 Replies

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

File handling in Script

Hi All, How can we handle file operation in scripts. I have written a script that run ok otherwise however the "Cat" operation leaves a process open on the box. Command is like cat "${LASTFILENAME}" | /usr/xpg4/bin/awk -F, '{do{if ($3 == "100" && $4 == "300" && $170 ~ /^abc/) { ... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: raman1605
2 Replies

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Help with Error Handling on Script

Hi, I need your guys help again. I run a script which check for some process status in a loop. when i check the process some of the process could throw an error, how can i check that inside my script. Thanks, RR (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: rrb2009
3 Replies

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Expect Script Error Handling

Good Day Everyone, I was hoping to get a little insight into an expect script that I've written. Basically we have this expect script to perform an sftp upload, key authentication is not an option, and sftp is the only method supported by our vendor, thus the need for this. I want to be... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: thaller
3 Replies

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Help with shell script handling processes

Hello I have a file which has around 120 lines of commands. I am trying to write a shell script like which reads the 'command' file and executes line by line with some additional (common argument) with maximum 6 commands active at a time. Each of these commands when executed takes time... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: JackyShane_36
5 Replies

LEARN ABOUT CENTOS

db2bak

DB2BAK(8)						      System Manager's Manual							 DB2BAK(8)

NAME

       db2bak - Directory Server script for making a backup of the database

SYNOPSIS

       db2bak [archivedir] [-Z serverID] [-q] [-h]

DESCRIPTION

       Creates a backup of the database.  This script can be executed while the server is running or stopped.

OPTIONS

       A summary of options is included below:

       archivedir
	      The full path to the directory to store the backup.

       -Z Server Identifier
	      The server ID of the Directory Server instance.  If there is only one instance on the system, this option can be skipped.

       -q
	      Quiet mode.  Reduces output of task.

       -h
	      Display the usage.

EXAMPLE

       db2bak -Z instance2

	      Makes a backup of the entire database for 'instance2', and stores it in the default server instance backup directory.

       db2bak /LDAP/backups/20130305

	      Creates a backup of the database and stores it in specified location.

DIAGNOSTICS

       Exit status is zero if no errors occur.	Errors result in a non-zero exit status and a diagnostic message being written to standard error.

AUTHOR

       db2bak was written by the 389 Project.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to http://bugzilla.redhat.com.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2013 Red Hat, Inc.

								    Mar 5, 2013 							 DB2BAK(8)
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 07:18 PM.
Unix & Linux Forums Content Copyright 1993-2022. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy