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Old 11-11-2008
PB with HP DAT 72 data cartridge

Hello,

I use unixware 7.14 and I need to backup with tar command on HP DAT 72.
When executing tar command the next message is diplayed: tar: ERROR: Tape write error: I/O error.
When replacing the DAT 72 data cartridge with DAT 40 data cartdrige no message displayed and backup is done.

Thank you for your help.
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dat_strerror(3DAT)				     Direct Access Transport Library Functions					dat_strerror(3DAT)

NAME
dat_strerror - convert a DAT return code into human readable strings SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -ldat [ library... ] #include <dat/udat.h> DAT_RETURN dat_strerror( IN DAT_RETURN return, OUT const char **major_message, OUT const char **minor_message ) PARAMETERS
return DAT function return value. message A pointer to a character string for the return. DESCRIPTION
The dat_strerror() function converts a DAT return code into human readable strings. The major_message is a string-converted DAT_TYPE_STA- TUS, while minor_message is a string-converted DAT_SUBTYPE_STATUS. If the return of this function is not DAT_SUCCESS, the values of major_message and minor_message are not defined. If an undefined DAT_RETURN value was passed as the return parameter, the operation fails with DAT_INVALID_PARAMETER returned. The operation succeeds when DAT_SUCCESS is passed in as the return parameter. RETURN VALUES
DAT_SUCCESS The operation was successful. DAT_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter. The return value is invalid. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard: uDAPL, 1.1, 1.2 | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |Safe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
libdat(3LIB), attributes(5) SunOS 5.10 16 Jul 2004 dat_strerror(3DAT)