mt status option
kcables at RELAY.NSWC.NAVY.MIL
kcables at RELAY.NSWC.NAVY.MIL
Wed Dec 12 06:52:27 AEST 1990
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to write a shell script in which I need to find
out if the 8mm tape is in the drive. Whenever I execute the
mt command with the status option, the output always appears at
my terminal, regardless of whether its output is redirected or piped,
or even if it's in a shell script on the right side of an equal sign.
Does anyone know how this output can be redirected so that I can
capture the 'status' information? I tried
mt -t /dev/mt/tps0d6 status > dum
mt -t /dev/mt/tps0d6 status | grep Status
and in a shell script:
xxx=`mt -t /dev/mt/tps0d6 status`
All of the above display the output at my terminal. Thanks
in advance.
kcables at relay.nswc.navy.mil
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