> Here is a script that I used to run on my index tapes to reset the
> browse and recycle times.  There was a bug in 7.2 (and 7.1 I think)
> where setting them on the savegrp command line didn't always work, so I
> ran the following after my daily disaster recovery index backups.  This
> script sets the expiration time to 14 days, but you can make it any
> number of days in the future by changing the "14" in the line "$time +=
> (14 * 24 * 60 * 60)".  This is written for my pool "LTO Index", so
> you'll want to change that to your pool name.

>       # Get new time, date + 14 days
>       # (use noon to avoid daylight savings time problems)
>       my $time = timelocal(0,0,12,$mday,($mon-1),($year-1900));
>       $time += (14 * 24 * 60 * 60);
>       my $newdate = strftime("%m/%d/%y",localtime($time));
>       while(<MMINFO>) {
>         chomp;
>         #`nsrmm -e $newdate -w $newdate -S $_`;
>         `nsrmm -e $newdate -w $newdate -S $_`;

I don't know if it was affected by the same bug, but you should be able
to ask networker to do the date calculations for you.

'nsrmm -e "14 days" -w "14 days" -S <ssid>'


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