On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, Aidan Evans wrote:
> > dsmlabel -drive=/dev/rmt1,16 -library=/dev/rmt1.smc -search -keep
>
>   We just tried this on our new 3575/L12.  We were hoping that dsmlabel
> would read the bar-code from each tape and label accordingly, but this does
> not appear to be the case.  It prompted for a label and labeled the tape in
> the lowest slot we had a cartridge in.  This suggests that if we want the
> bar-code label to match the label written on the tape we're going to have
> enter each label by hand.  Also, it's not at all clear how best to
> coordinate bulk loading thirty tapes into the library with labeling.

Try adding the -barcode option to the command.  That should internally
label each tape according to the external barcode.

Steve (unVMix Systems Programmer/Dude) Roder
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