frecover -vN switch

[Jonathan Kopka]

Ola. A gnu'b again with another question. I am attempting to use the frecover -vN switch to verify that my tape backup is good to go. Problem is this:
frecover -vN /dev/rmt/0m
I receive an error that one of 5 other swithces must be present. I have read some docs on the forum that state that the command:
frecover -vN /dev/rmt/0m
is all that is required to perform a "no recovery" of the tape, ie just run a test and verify the backup.

I'd love to use another switch in the command line but not really. This is a production box and I've not a test box to run a frecover test on.

Error is:

frecover(3208): must specify at least one of V, I, x, r, or R

Whether I include the -f flag for device produces the same error.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

Simply do:

# frecover -xvNf /dev/rmt/0m

Adding the '-x' satisfies things.

See the 'fbackup' manpages for more information.

Regards!

...JRF...