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Old 09-30-2002
tape is mounted
Hi

I would like to write a shell script which should first check wheather the tape is placed in the tape drive .

if the tape is there
it should rewind it like mt -f /dev/rmt/0m rew

if the tape is missing from the tape drive
then send a mail saying that the tape is missing and exit.

can somebody tell me how do i do it.

regards
Hrishy
# 2  
Old 09-30-2002
Try this:
Code:
#! /usr/bin/ksh
if mt -f /dev/rmt/0m > /dev/null ; then
      echo tape drive is ready
then
      echo tape drive could not be opened
fi

The mt command will fail unless the drive is on-line. If it fails:
1. no tape loaded
2. tape is loaded, but drive is offline

and depending on your particular mt driver posssibly:

3. tape is loaded and on-line, but in use by another process.
# 3  
Old 10-01-2002
Computer
Hi

Excellent answer..never thought about that .Thank you very much

regards
Hrishy
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