Hi there,
We have a large disk that now required 2 tapes to backup. We are trying
to use the -M --new-volume-script to execute a script which sends an
email to the person and waits for them to press the "c" key to continue.
The next-tape scripts works when run from the console directly and the
message is displayed to the user to insert the next tape, but tar still
reports an error.
Have I missed an important step? The tar seems to execute the script
but then immediately try to write onto the next tape - before I get a
chance to put the new tape in.
Any ideas on how to fix this, or a better method of backing up to multi
tapes?
Here is my script:
#!/bin/sh
mt -f /dev/st0 rewind
tar -c \
-v \
-f /dev/st0 \
--new-volume-script "/etc/scripts/next-tape" \
--multi-volume /backup
mt -f /dev/st0 eject
and here is the next-tape command
#!/bin/sh
cat /etc/scripts/newtape.txt | mail -s "new tape" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
echo -n Press 'C' to continue
while true
do
read -n 1 keypressed
if [ "$keypressed" = 'c' ];
then break;
fi
if [ "$keypressed" = 'C' ];
then break;
fi
done
cheers
craig
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