From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 12 11:36:20 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46CAD16A4CE for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:36:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from web20724.mail.yahoo.com (web20724.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.226.99]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A48D943D78 for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:36:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stanwalters2004@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20040112193609.6875.qmail@web20724.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [192.77.198.12] by web20724.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:36:09 PST Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:36:09 -0800 (PST) From: stan walters To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: mt command index? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 19:36:20 -0000 Hello all, I've been getting started with backups and have found useful information about dump, tar, and mt in the archives of this list. For my purposes, tar will work better than dump, so I'm trying to run multiple sessions per tape using tar and the "mt fsf x/mt eom" commands to navigate my way around the sessions. My question is: is there a simple way to generate and index or catalog of the sessions on a tape when used in this way? I use "mt eom" and tar my next session, but if I forget to write one down, I'm n-1 backup and I end up overwriting the "forgotten" session, so the ability to catalog first would be very helpful. Any info appreciated. Thanks, Stan --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes