Re: crontab + ontape

Chuanlarp Satchavarodom wrote: > > Dear all, > > I would appreciate if you could answer some questions..about using > ontape with crontab. > > Is it possible to use ontape with crontab? > I tried to find a parameter to disable mount question of ontape but > cannot find it. How do I direct ontape to do backup without answering the > mount question because the tape is already in the drive? Thank you You have to do something like: ontape -s -L 0 <<!EOF n !EOF But keep in mind that this will fail if a tape change is needed. Or you can get my submission to the IIUG Software Repository, utils3_ak, which includes and event alarm program that executes ontape as a child process with a bi-directional pipe for logical log backup and reads and replies to the questions that it asks. You could use that as a template for writing a program to run ontape in general. It could determine that a tape change is being requested and trigger an operator's beeper or print a banner on the console or.... Art S. Kagel