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Re: tar command
From: |
Hans-Bernhard Broeker |
Subject: |
Re: tar command |
Date: |
12 Feb 2001 14:42:50 GMT |
Claudio Rocha <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have backup script starting at 11:00pm (crontab) and I'm using the
> multi-volume option (-M):
> tar -cMvf /dev/rmt/0 /usr4/*
> Using the crontab to start my script the second tape never ask me to insert
> the second tape, but if I start the script by my myself the tar command ask
> me to insert the second tape. How can I fix this problem?
I suspect you can't. Interactive processes can't be started from a
cron job. A process started by cron doesn't have a controlling
terminal, so it has no place to write that 'insert next tape, then
press <Return>' type of request to, and to read your keypresses from,
afterwards.
So: don't do that, then. Start your 'tar' sessions interactively.
--
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (address@hidden)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.