On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 10:05:05AM -0400, Emery Guevremont wrote: > I have a tape that was used for some backups, which has lost its label. > Now I'm trying to get a listing and restore the contents of this tape > but not sure how to. > > Should I use btape to write a new label on the tape and then use bls and > bextract to get a listing of the files and restore them?
No. Do not write to the tape. Use bscan to determine what's on it. -- Phil Stracchino [EMAIL PROTECTED] Renaissance Man, Unix generalist, Perl hacker Mobile: 603-216-7037 Landline: 603-886-3518 ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users