On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 03:28:27PM -0500, Bruntel, Mitchell L wrote:
> My chg-zd-mtx config file shows:
> havereader=1 
> BUT 
> Following the instructions in the chg-zd-mtx.config file I am testing, and do 
> :
> * Run this:
> #
> #       .../chg-zd-mtx -info
> #       echo $?             #### (or "echo $status" if you use csh/tcsh)
> I do this: 
> sh chg-zd-mtx -info
> and I get 
> 1 79 1        <--missing 4th # here!  

So this tells you for sure that chg-zd-mtx is NOT reading your config
file.  From chg-zd-mtx.sh.in:

    ###
    # Check if a barcode reader is configured or not.  If so, it
    # passes the 4th item in the echo back to amtape signifying it
    # can search based on barcodes.
    ###
    reader=
    if [ $havereader -eq 1 ]; then
            reader=1
    fi

    if [ $currentslot -lt $firstslot -o $currentslot -gt $lastslot ]; then
            currentslot=$firstslot          # what "current" will get
    fi
    set x $slot_list
    shift                                   # get rid of the "x"
    numslots=$#
    Exit 0 "$currentslot" "$numslots 1 $reader"

>From your amanda.conf below, you still have:

> changerfile "/usr/local/etc/amanda/DailySet1/chg-zd-mtx.conf"

And so unless your chg-zd-mtx config file is named "chg-zd-mtx.conf.conf",
it ain't gonna be found.  Please change your changerfile to:

changerfile "/usr/local/etc/amanda/DailySet1/chg-zd-mtx"

And you'll be much happier.  For example, the chg-zd-mtx comments
say:

# All variables are in "changerfile".conf where "changerfile" is set
# in amanda.conf.  For example, if amanda.conf has:
#
#       changerfile="/etc/amanda/Dailyset1/CHANGER"
#
# the variables must be in "/etc/amanda/Dailyset1/CHANGER.conf".

> (and next step isn't good either... 
> sh chg-zd-mtx -reset
> Bus Error(coredump)

Reading a config file should help.  In addition, you'll be less likely
to get surprised down the road if you run the chg-zd-mtx installed
in libexec.  Your copy in DailySet1 won't be updated my 'make install'.

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