tape is mounted

[HT2008]

Hi



I would like to write a shell script which should first check wheather the tape is placed in the tape drive .



if the tape is there

it should rewind it like mt -f /dev/rmt/0m rew



if the tape is missing from the tape drive

then send a mail saying that the tape is missing and exit.



can somebody tell me how do i do it.



regards

Hrishy

[fallingstar2011]

Try this:

Code:

#! /usr/bin/ksh

if mt -f /dev/rmt/0m > /dev/null ; then

      echo tape drive is ready

then

      echo tape drive could not be opened

fi

The mt command will fail unless the drive is on-line. If it fails:

1. no tape loaded

2. tape is loaded, but drive is offline



and depending on your particular mt driver posssibly:



3. tape is loaded and on-line, but in use by another process.

[huanhm5]

Hi



Excellent answer..never thought about that .Thank you very much



regards

Hrishy