Is there anyway to get a status on amrecover?

I have been running the process for over 2 hrs for a 3 meg file. Currently using hardware compression, could this be a problem with amrecover?

amrecover> add c-3489246385-20071204-01

Added file /PPDSD/c-3489246385-20071204-01

amrecover> extract

Extracting files using tape drive /dev/scsi/changer/c5t3d1 on host prdapp16-qa-master.

The following tapes are needed: EGV002

Restoring files into directory /opt/backuptest

Continue [?/Y/n]? Y

Extracting files using tape drive /dev/scsi/changer/c5t3d1 on host prdapp16-qa-master.

Load tape EGV002 now

Continue [?/Y/n/s/t]? Y

Client log.

Exec'ing /usr/local/bin/tar with arguments:

        tar

        --numeric-owner

        -xpGvf

        -

        ./PPDSD/c-3489246385-20071204-01