browse a dds tape

[hfaix]

Can I browse a dds tape like I would a mounted cdrom or filesystem?

I don't think it's possible, but somebody might tell me otherwise.

 

[KenCunningham]

How was the tape written (tar, cpio, backup etc)? Most of these have options to write a table of contents without actually restoring the data. Let's have some more info. please.

 

[hfaix]

I didn't/don't know what was on the tape. It was actually a tape from an os/390 guy. I was trying to see what was on it. IBM sent it out and he didn't have a 4MM tape drive. I was hoping to browse it, then ftp in binary to him.

I just gave up. Called IBM for a cd.

Thanks,

 

[teletubby5e]

if it was tared on the tape like tar -cvf blah blah blah to a tape device /dev/rmt1 .... then how would i check to see the table of contents on the tape or a file listing without doing an actual restoral from tape? i get a file list on some of my scripted backups, but we have some older tapes that i would like to read and know what is on them to label them, or use them in my tape pool. thanks, jeff

 

[hfaix]

Did you try ?

tar -tvf /dev/rmt1

This should provide a contents listing of the tar file