[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I'm not quite sure what you mean by >the second statement. Since you've set your tape device to the >compressing device, *all* your dumps are using hardware compression.
You are right! I guess that would be a nice thing to be able to specify in the dumptype section. Something like: define dumptype root-tar-hw-comp { root-tar hw-compress on } and then have a line to specify the hw compression device: tapedev /dev/nrmt2m tapedev-hwc /dev/nrmt2h So when hw-compress is on it uses tapedev-hwc, otherwise it uses tapedev. Maybe I'll look into this when I get some free time. Thanks for your help. Steve ________________________________________________ Steve Cousins Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Research Associate Phone: (207) 581-4302 Ocean Modeling Group School of Marine Sciences 208 Libby Hall, University of Maine Orono ME 04469