You don't need the -h option, this is why the help message is printed
and the command not executed.
But as Toomas Aas told me:
> No need for that. It can be found in Amanda faq-o-matic.
So i guess you can find it there :-)
Sorry for the trouble.....
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Wai-Kit Ho wrote:
> I am using Solaris 8.
>
> When I type #./tapetype -h -e 12g. It shows the following.
>
> usage: tapetype -h [-e estsize] [-f tapedev] [-t typename]
> -h display this message
> -e estsize estimated tape size (default: 1g == 1024m)
> -f tapedev tape device name (default: $TAPE)
> -t typename tapetype name (default: unknown-tapetype)
>
> Note: disable hardware compression when running this program.
>
>
>
> What should I do? Thanks a lot.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* xavier
> *Sent:* Wed 7/11/2001 7:44 PM
> *To:* Wai-Kit Ho
> *Cc:* amanda-users
> *Subject:* Re: Tapetype for hp dat24
>
> Wai-Kit Ho wrote:
>
> >How do I know the tapetype for hp dat24? Thanks a lot.
> >Kit
> >
> It should be in the amanda.conf file. If not, you can find it with the
> tapetype program.
> To use it, go in the amanda directory (the one extracted from the tar)
> and into tape-src.
> Then do:
> #make tapetype
> and you will obtain an executable "tapetype" that will give you your
> tape caracteristics. To know how to use it:
> #./tapetype -h
>
> But this is really, really, really long..... Just did it and it took 4
> hours...
>
>
