ontape utility

Hi, Is it possible to execute ontape command using crontab? What exactly my doubt is: ontape needs user interaction to mount the tape, can we do it without the user interaction? Can we redirect the input? Thanks, Praveen.

Praveen Tummala wrote: > > Hi, > > Is it possible to execute ontape command using crontab? What exactly my > doubt is: ontape needs user interaction to mount the tape, can we do it > without the user interaction? Can we redirect the input? Hi, yes you can do this for example with expect . We have here an expect script wich does somthing similar. Uli -- Ulrich Eckhardt Tr@nscom http://www.uli-eckhardt.de http://www.transcom.de Lagerstraße 11-15 A8 64807 Dieburg Germany

On Tue, 02 Jan 2001 13:57:52 GMT, Praveen Tummala <praveen.tummala@teleatlas.com> wrote: >Hi, > >Is it possible to execute ontape command using crontab? What exactly my >doubt is: ontape needs user interaction to mount the tape, can we do it >without the user interaction? Can we redirect the input? echo |ontape -s -L 0 -- Jiri Lisicky CD KMZP Olomouc e-mail: lisicky@datis.cdrail.cz Videnska 15 phone: +420-068-472-2272 Olomouc, Czech Republic >>> cestina ISO-8859-2 Compatible <<<