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Re: which tape is which ???

2003-07-15 11:37:08
Subject: Re: which tape is which ???
From: "Kurt Yoder" <kylist AT shcorp DOT com>
To: "Michael D. Schleif" <mds AT helices DOT org>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 11:31:21 -0400 (EDT)
Michael D. Schleif said:

<snipped>

> That's my problem: if I knew which of these tapes is the ``most
> recently-written one'', then I would know which is in the current
> cycle
> ;<
>
> So, how do I determine that?

Ah. Put one in and do "dd if=<tape device> of=test_header bs=32k".
This will grab the amanda tape header and put it in the file
test_header. In this file you will then see the date of the dump on
this tape.

-- 
Kurt Yoder
Sport & Health network administrator


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