From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Aug 9 9:30: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C90F37BF0D for ; Wed, 9 Aug 2000 09:30:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id JAA05083; Wed, 9 Aug 2000 09:30:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 09:30:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200008091630.JAA05083@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Matthew Jacob Subject: Re: bin/20501: autoloader support in dump(8) Reply-To: Matthew Jacob Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/20501; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Matthew Jacob To: ip@mcc.ac.uk Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/20501: autoloader support in dump(8) Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 09:21:53 -0700 (PDT) 'sa(4)' man page I see your point, but if you're going to use dump, this method only works for stackers. It'd be better if you swiped amanda's perl script which also can then work with real changers using chio, no? On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Ian Pallfreeman wrote: > Hi Matt, > > > Why don't you just use the 'eject on close' tape device? > > First thought: doh... didn't know there was one... can't find it in the > mtio manpage. > > But I'd still need to tell dump to proceed. Doing it this way means I can > write an entire pod without manual intervention. > > Cheers, > > Ian. > -- > Network Unit, Manchester Computing, The University, Manchester, UK. > mail: ip@mcc.ac.uk | phone: +44-161-275-6006 | fax: +44-161-275-6040 > "Europe's Premier Research Supercomputing Facility" > Another android exhibiting signs of the Munich Syndrome. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message