Re: Odp: crontab + ontape

In article <6q999t$9k6@drn.newsguy.com>, Neil_Truby <?@?.?> writes >In article <JYLbhBAuhBy1QAUn@century.demon.co.uk>, Simon says... >> >> >>Create a script to run the ontape backup and schedule this via Cron. > >Have you ever found a satisfactory method of limiting the number of attempts >made if the tape is for some reason not available? We occasionally get the >situation whereby the log fills with repeated "Mount tape" messages. I've seen >some suggestions for limiting the number of tries, but have never got any of >them to work. > >Neil Truby >Chase Manhattan Bank >Bournemouth, UK Afraid not old bean, I've never noticed it fill the log up. The stdout and stderr are redirected to a file in /tmp and this gets quite large when no tape is loaded (or the RO protect is on) and the above happens. It usually bombs out pretty quickly though. TTFN -- Simon Barber