Sorry - wrong maintainer. The problem isn't chg-zd-mtx, it's the 'mtx'
program itself which uses the $TAPE environment variable. Sorry for the
confusion.
On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 09:22:44AM -0500, Jason Hollinden wrote:
> Here is a patch for the current CVS version of chg-zd-mtx.sh.in that
> changes the $TAPE variable to $CHANGER. It was only used 3 times, so it
> was pretty painless.
>
> On Thu, 01 Mar 2001, Joe Rhett wrote:
>
> > As others have said, it uses the TAPE environment variable. I wish we could
> > convince the maintainer to use CHANGER instead, so it doesn't conflict with
> > mt's TAPE environment variable <sigh>
> >
> > Anyway, make sure you are using either the version we made
> > http://www.noc.isite.net/?Projects
> >
> > or the version someone else did which supports barcodes. The version
> > distributed with Amanda doesn't work with modern versions of mtx and has
> > numerous bugs.
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 01:24:12PM -0500, Stan Brown wrote:
> > > I'm trying to get my first tape changer working, and I'm a little confused.
> > >
> > > It appears that I need to use the chg-zd-mtx scriptm but the version of mtx
> > > that I have is used like this:
> > >
> > > mtx -f /dev/sg0 next
> > >
> > > for instance. Now it appears to me that chg-zd-mtx just runs mtx like this:
> > >
> > > mtx next
> > >
> > > That is wihtout the device specifier. Now it is possible for my version of
> > > mtx to use the CHANGER environment variable, instead of the -f argument,
> > > but I can't see anywhere that gets set in chg-zd-mtx either, and since this
> > > will ultimatley be run fron cron, and thus potentialy be somewhat
> > > "environmently chalenged", I am wondering how this is usually handled?
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] 843-745-3154
> > > Charleston SC.
> > > --
> > > Windows 98: n.
> > > useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and
> > > a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system
> > > originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit
> > > company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition.
> > > -
> > > (c) 2000 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.
> >
> > --
> > Joe Rhett Chief Technology Officer
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ISite Services, Inc.
> >
> > PGP keys and contact information: http://www.noc.isite.net/Staff/
>
>
> --
> Jason Hollinden
>
> SMG Systems Admin
> --- chg-zd-mtx.sh.in.20010302 Fri Mar 2 08:57:17 2001
> +++ chg-zd-mtx.sh.in Fri Mar 2 09:00:39 2001
> @@ -88,8 +88,8 @@
>
> myname=$0
> tape=`amgetconf$SUF tapedev`
> -TAPE=`amgetconf$SUF changerdev`; export TAPE # for mtx command
> -if [ "$tape" = "/dev/null" -o "$TAPE" = "/dev/null" ]; then
> +CHANGER=`amgetconf$SUF changerdev`; export CHANGER # for mtx command
> +if [ "$tape" = "/dev/null" -o "$CHANGER" = "/dev/null" ]; then
> echo "Both tapedev and changerdev must be specified in config file";
> exit 2;
> fi
--
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