about end of tape

[benseghir_1]

in my tape,I have store a lot of backup with
ls dir |cpio -ocv > /dev/nst0 in the same tape.then in my tape I have a lot of LEOT , i
want to write shell script to know, if this file is in the tape, then i need to test the end of the tape before doing any search

[Borislav Perkov]

Hi,
What kind of tape you have?
There are EOF marks between two backups or files usually on DDS, DAT or DLT.
Regards,
Borislav

[benseghir_1]

i have a DAT tape

[Borislav Perkov · Accepted solution]

Try commands:

mt -f status
mt -f fsf 1

and send the output.
mayby this can solve your problem in the script
.
.
mt -f fsf 1
if [ $? = 0 ] # there is next start of backup file
then
... commands
endif

Regards

[benseghir_1]

thank for your help
your proposition was very usefull
thank you

[Borislav Perkov]

Hi benseghir,
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Regards,
Borislav