Re: ontape -a

Girish Kagrana wrote: > When U run the 'ontape -a' command on same tape for 2nd time, > will it append th the first backup or it will overwrite the > 1st time backup taken by same command > > Does the device name for eg. /dev/rmt0 or /dev/nrmt0 make diff. for that Yes, it makes a difference. The difference is, /dev/rmt0 will overwrite the 1st backup, /dev/nrmt0 will append it. The problem is, how will you restore? ontape does not know how to find your archive on the tape if it isn't the first thing on the tape, so if you use /dev/nrmt0, you have to position the tape at the archive yourself. And if your archive spans multiple tapes, it will bomb on the second tape. The only one that is *supported* by Informix is /dev/rmt0 (rewinding). June (definitely going to add rewinding tapes to the FAQ) -- june_t@hotmail.com Lost in the wilds of Palo Alto, living on Peanut M&M's