Trying to automate ONTAPE
Hi Folks:
I was hoping to get some guidance on trying to script past the
annoying "please mount tape and press return to contune..." message
after entering:
ontape -s -L 0
I tryed to pipe in a carriage return by placing it in another file and
entering:
ontape -s -L 0 < ontape.input
I must be placing the wrong code in the input file because ontape
still stops and asks for a tape. I am trying to do this on an RS/6000
running AIX 4.3.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Oleh
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try : "echo | ontape -s -L 0" - works for me on the same platform (INF7.24)
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Oleh Holynskyj <oleh@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:37a6591d.1563117@news.mindspring.com...
> Hi Folks:
>
> I was hoping to get some guidance on trying to script past the
> annoying "please mount tape and press return to contune..." message
> after entering:
>
> ontape -s -L 0>
> I tryed to pipe in a carriage return by placing it in another file and
> entering:
>
> ontape -s -L 0 < ontape.input>
> I must be placing the wrong code in the input file because ontape
> still stops and asks for a tape. I am trying to do this on an RS/6000
> running AIX 4.3.
>
> Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
Oleh
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/bin/echo "\\n0\\n\\n" | /opt/informix/bin/ontape -s -L 0 > Oleh Holynskyj wrote: > I was hoping to get some guidance on trying to script past the > annoying "please mount tape and press return to contune..." message ============================================ work: btimes@uis.doleta.gov, aim: max1nes home: maxines@earthlink.net, aim: mesarjeant homepage: http://home.earthlink.net/~maxines ============================================
Try the scripts listed in the http://www.iiug.org website, within the FAQ
(Frequently Asked Questions) area.
Take care.
Clifton Bean
Oleh Holynskyj <oleh@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:37a6591d.1563117@news.mindspring.com...
> Hi Folks:
>
> I was hoping to get some guidance on trying to script past the
> annoying "please mount tape and press return to contune..." message
> after entering:
>
> ontape -s -L 0>
> I tryed to pipe in a carriage return by placing it in another file and
> entering:
>
> ontape -s -L 0 < ontape.input>
> I must be placing the wrong code in the input file because ontape
> still stops and asks for a tape. I am trying to do this on an RS/6000
> running AIX 4.3.
>
> Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Oleh