[ale] Re: [ale] HOWTO->list tape contents after

[ale%maltzen at mm.com (Grey Matter)]

1) use /dev/ntape for no-rewind
2) `man mt` for tape positioning commands
3) when restoring, do NOT specify anything to restore everything


----- Original Message -----
 From: Courtney Thomas

> Greetings !
>
> Sorry for posting what I assume to be a "simple/obvious" query, but I
> can't figure it out.
>
> First, I rewound the tape after dumping /,/usr/,/var, in that sequence.
>  
> Then, I tried......
> /sbin/rrestore 0auf user at machine:/dev/tape
> which works for /.
>
> Must I now reposition the tape to ls /usr, and again position for /var.
> If so, how should this be successfully done ?
>
> Then I tried.......
> /sbin/rrestore 0auf user at machine:/dev/tape /dev/usr
> and all I got was the dir, i.e. /usr, w/o displaying the files therein.
>
> The same goes for /var.