On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 07:46:00PM +0200, Alexander Jolk wrote: > > > >Typically 'tape' references st0 and 'ntape' references nst0. > > > > ...and anyway, if you really used the non-rewinding device, the sequence > of commands that you posted should have worked. If you want to get to > the bottom of things, try to verify whether indeed /dev/tape rewinds, or > not. > > I'd suggest something like > dd if=/dev/tape bs=32k count=1 | head -2 > (which should give you an amanda tape file header) > dd if=/dev/tape bs=32k count=1 | file -z - > (which should tell you that you have a gzip compressed tar archive) > If this is not the case, you might really use the rewinding device; in > that case, try to find out why that's the case. You really don't want > amanda to use the rewinding one. >
Gee, file -z, another interesting gnu-specific option of which I did not know. > Alex > > -- > Alexander Jolk / BUF Compagnie > tel +33-1 42 68 18 28 / fax +33-1 42 68 18 29 > > >>> End of included message <<< -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
