Re: Unattended ontape

In article <33575bb3.17235473@gate.idg.no>, Nils.Myklebust@idg.no (Nils Myklebust) wrote: >mortonj@interlog.com (John Morton) wrote: > >:Hi there. We're looking at automating our nightly archive via a shell >:script (AIX) run via cron, but we can't figure out how to simulate the >:enter key after the tape is mounted. >: >:I know this question's been asked before, but I can't find it in the >:FAQs. > >This was in the FAQ until the new release of it. It even contained a >warning about why some solutions that several users seem to have >implemented can lead to severe problems. >Here's the how we do it: > >echo ' n' /usr/info71on/bin/ontape -s -L 0 head -100 > >As far as I remember the head -100 part was needed to avoide the >problems that could otherwise occur. Ummm, just to protect the good name of the FAQ for a moment, it certainly looks to still be there to me. The only problem is that it refers to "tbtape" rather than "ontape": 8.4 How can I run tbtape from a cron job? I'll alter the subject line to reflect the change of name. Cheers, Kerry S ------------------------------------,------------------------------------------ Kerry Sainsbury, kerry@kcbbs.gen.nz | THE INFORMIX FAQ v2.8 March 1997 Quanta Systems, Auckland | http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/ New Zealand. Work: +64 9 377-4473 | ftp://ftp.iiug.org/pub/informix/faq Home: +64 9 279-3571 | ftp://kcbbs.gen.nz:/pub/informix/