Re: ontape problem

From the header files: #define ENOTREADY 46 /* Device not ready */ ergo, device not ready. Must admit, different if the tape was then in use. herm, seen this sortof with a DAT autoloader, the responses from the device where not too cool. though, that was on Solaris. brett samir BADAOUI wrote: > > Hallo Gurus, > every day a do an automatique multi-ontape using a unix shel script. > this morning, my first tape was full(with 50% of data) so as usualy my robot > unload the tape num 1 and load the tape num 2. but after doing the 60 % of > data it give me (in the log file) the error number 46. > could some one tel me please what is the cause of this problem. > I am using informix 7.30UC5 under AIX 4.3 > thanks > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Brett's sixth law of UNIX administration... We are ALWAYS right... except when the wife calls. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Brett Geer - UNIX Admin/Analyst/Programmer - Intratex Holdings. Tel. +27 31 717 4000 Direct. +27 31 717 4146 Fax. +27 31 717 4001 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Beer...because one doesn't solve the world's problems over a glass of white wine. -----------------------------------------------------------------