Re: Ontape verification method?

Clem Akins wrote: > AFAIK, Informix is going to provide the archive verification ability > in the ontape and onbar programs in the next minor release. This is > due out in the Spring, though you should in no way construe that as an > official promise. YEAH! About time! As Ms. Albright said, I'll believe it when I see it. > See? Informix does listen to customer desires. :) Yeah? Take a look at FR # 1 in the frdb database. And how long it took for something akin to this (roles) to be implemented. BTW, Con Woodall commented: >You can run > >dd if=/dev/___ of=output_file bs=5120 count=10 > >and then do an octal dump > >od -c Well, last time I tried to do a dd on an ontape-produced archive tape, dd ran into EOT after the first tape block and thought it was finished. I dunno what you do there but it's not playing with a full six-pack. -- -- Jake (Sometimes indulges in mixed-up metaphores) +------------------------------------------------------------+ | The expedient performance of a task with excessive concern | | regarding its duration-to-completion engenders a virtual | | certainty of diminished benefit therefrom. | | -- Benjamin Franklin (but he said it in 3 words) | +------------------------------------------------------------+