Looking on more than one tape with the tar command

[ROSS HANSON]

Hello,
I have created a make_tape_recovery tape which spans 3 dds tapes.
I need to see the contents of the tapes to find a specific file.
when going through the tape with a
tar tvf /dev/rmt/0mn command I finally receive

tar: to continue, enter device/file name when ready or null string to quit

When I put in the device file I hit return and the same message comes back at me
Does anyone know why I am receiving this???

[TwoProc]

when it asks:
a) eject the first tape,
b) put in the second
c) type "/dev/rmt/0mn" (sans quotes) and hit enter

you should be good to go after that,

just repeat for the next tape.

[ROSS HANSON]

Do I type the " ? I guess I don't understand what sans quotes is.

[TwoProc]

No - don't type the quotes

[ROSS HANSON]

Ok,
Thanks for the info. I have tried putting in
/dev/rmt/0mn many times and the same message keeps coming back at me.
Any other ideas??

[TwoProc · Accepted solution]

Weird, 'cause I know that this is the answer.
maybe /dev/rmt/0m (leave off the "n").

Also, *don't* hit enter before the file/path - only afterwards... so all you type is ...
/dev/rmt/0m[ENTER]

Let us know...

[ROSS HANSON]

John,
I thank you. It worked!!

[TwoProc]

Ross, thanks for the pts - please update and close the question when done.