On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 08:16:54AM -0800, Yan Seiner wrote:
> > 
> >
> OK, that's what my man page says too....  status returns
> 
> [root@tooth yan]#  mt -f /dev/nst0 status
> SCSI 2 tape drive:
> File number=0, block number=0, partition=0.
> Tape block size 1024 bytes. Density code 0x80 (DLT 15GB uncomp. or Ecrix).

Hmmm, can your ?vxa?tools set a block size?
Amanda generally writes 32K blocks.

> So it looks like I can get the tape status that way....  Status returns 
> a '0' even if the tape is not loaded, though.

I guess you could parse the output or maybe try "rewind" or stick
with your "load" command to generate a usable exit status.


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