Archive to null on NT
Davin Harvey tried to send a Level 0 archive or logical logs to null on NT, but TAPEDEV values of \\\\NUL and \\\\.\\NUL gave a tape device not found error. Christian Brauer, Prounix GmbH and Leos Urban all said to set TAPEDEV to plain NUL, which worked for them on NT. Solved.
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How do I do this? I've tried setting TAPEDEV to \\NUL and \\\\.\\NUL, but it says it can't find the tape device. What do I need to set it to do fudge a Level 0 or send some logical logs down the pan. Davin P.S. If anyone says "Get a decent operating system, like Lynux", I'll personally come round and beat them senseless with a wet fish. This is a problem a friend is having, not me...honest. Get your free E-mail at http://www.zdnet.co.uk/mail/
>I've tried setting TAPEDEV to \\NUL and \\\\.\\NUL, but it says it can't
find the tape device. What do I need to set it to do fudge a Level 0
or send some logical logs down the pan.
Hi there,
you should use Linux instead... no wet fish, please - just kidding.
I use
TAPEDEV NUL
and it works great for me.
Hth,
Chris
" Davin Harvey" wrote: > How do I do this? I've tried setting TAPEDEV to \\NUL and \\\\.\\NUL, but it says it can't find the tape device. What do I need to set it to do fudge a Level 0 or send some logical logs down the pan. > > Davin > > P.S. If anyone says "Get a decent operating system, like Lynux", I'll personally come round and beat them senseless with a wet fish. This is a problem a friend is having, not me...honest. > > Get your free E-mail at http://www.zdnet.co.uk/mail/ You have to set TAPEDEV to NUL not \\NUL -- e-mail: rheld@prounix.de
Modify TAPEDEV from //./NULL to NUL
i.m.
TAPEDEV NUL
It worked fine for us (on NT).
Leos