Re: Ontape and Shell Script

On Tue, 4 Mar 1997, Terron Wright wrote: > I am trying to run in a shell script and I wondering if there is a way > to make ontape skip the mount tape message. I was wondering if I could > be pipe ontape to a return command. Could someone shed a little light on > this subject if this is possible, please. > Terron, We run a shell that does this by using an input file that has a couple of new-line entries. We call it archive.input. The shell, run_arc.sh, contains the lines below looks. It runs a level zero without requiring a tape mount prompt. run_arc.sh ontape -s -L 0 < /inf_dir/bin/archive.input \\ >> /inf_dir/error/archive.out 2>> /object/error/archive.out By running it with nohup /inf_dir/bin/run_arc.sh & You also free up the terminal you submit the archive on. And you could put the running statment in a shell aas well. We are currently on aix.3.2.5 with 7.11.uc1. od the Dynamic Server. I would be cautious in trying to do this unattended. The absence of a mounted tape usually causes a large number of error messages to the archive.out file and they will go on until some human stops it or you fill some file system Hope this helps. -- Con Woodall Colorado St. U.; Veterinary Teach. Hosp.; Ft. Collins CO 80523, USofA; 970-491-1244 FAX 970-491-4100 cwoodall@vth1.vth.colostate.edu "There is no 'maybe' in Boolean algebra." --