On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 03:27:25PM +0100, Dalton Hubert wrote: > Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: > >On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 at 1:53pm, Dalton Hubert wrote > > > > > >>when i make a backup in the night, and then i want to know which files > >>are on the tape, what i have to do? > >> > >>I just want to have _full_ list of directories and files in it. > >>It is possible to log this in a log file? > >> > >>Thx for your help, > >>Dalton > >> > >>PS: For example i have files, but i do not know the exact name, so i look > >>for it in the list, and then i only recover these files. > >>Or another example: I want to know if the files are on my tape, before i > >>make a recovery. > > > > > >If you have 'index yes' in your dumptype, this is being done. Use > >'amrecover' to browse through the file lists. See the man pages for > >more info. > > 'index yes' is set, but i do not want to browse the file list on the tape, > i want to have log-files on my machine, which include the whole file list. > Current problem: A file disappeared, but we do not know when and I don't > want to insert 10 tapes and search on every tape the file. > So i want go through the log-files, for searching the file, to find out on > which tape i can find it. >
I have to start with the same question again: Have you ever tried to use amrecover? When browsing you don't insert any tapes. It doesn't scan tapes. You set a date and it shows you what is available. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)