how can detect the end of tape

[benseghir_1]

hello,

I use !EOT in my shell script to detect the end of tape, but it does'nt give a correct result.

if you have an other proposition, thank you in advance

[Leif Halvarsson_2]

Hi,
Which command are you using in the script, does it "understand" EOT.

[Peter Godron]

Hi,
I think you have already asked the question in:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=830915

Can you please update with:
1. Are you writing or reading the tape?
2. What command (cpio/backup/tar...) are you using
3. What makes you think your script is not detecting EOT?

Please also note Borislav's final remark in the thread mentioned above.

Regards

[Peter Godron]

Hi,
can we assume that this is no longer a problem, as you haven't updated your threads.
If the problem is resolved please assign points to the most useful answer and close the thread identifying the solution.
Many Thanks

[benseghir_1]

hi,

excuse me for my lateness, i didn't know that i must close the thread.
For my question,i used the cpio command for
reading from the tape, in my shell script i
want to test end of tape when i was reading from the tape then i wrote

while [ ! EOT ]

do

cat /dev/nst0 | cpio -icvt

done

the shell didn't accept this form

then i used mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf
and i test $?

thank you for your help


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