Finding Information on a tape

[robert030975]

HI All


I was wondering if the following syntax

cpio -ivt -C32768 < /dev/st0 /data/jvedi/jv-ediinp

is the best way to find this file ( jv-ediimp) on my tape as its taking ages!! I also get the message

cpio: warning: skipped 9373909 bytes of junk
cpio: warning: skipped 594005 bytes of junk
before I quit out.


Thanks

 

[mrregan]

It looks like your tape is bad or you have a wrong block size. What is the command used to make the tape?

 

[robert030975]

sure heres the script

find /data/live /data/hist /data/informix /data/jvedi /data/live/compress -type
f -print | tee $CPIOLOG | cpio -oc -C32768 -O $DEVICE

 

[mrregan]

Then try your command with -ivtc instead of -ivt.
I presume you realize you are not asking to recover the file, just see if its on the tape.

 

[Annihilannic]

And try using -I instead of redirection, e.g.

cpio -ivt -C32768 -I /dev/st0 >/tmp/tape_listing
grep /data/jvedi/jv-ediinp /tmp/tape_listing

Annihilannic
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