tape listing

[Rick Stevens]

ajay wrote:
>  
> hi gurus
> 
> i try to list my tape hp 40gb (under compression)
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------
> [root at tivimtech ajay]# tar vft /dev/st0
> tar: This does not look like a tar archive
> tar: Skipping to next header
> tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------
> 
> it do not list anything and gives this error and comes out.
> is there any way i can mount it, if yes what is mount type ?
> 
> i use this command to backup:
> i am very sure it does backup as i checked date against backup.log
> it changes everyday and shows latest date time as supposed.
> 
> # Daily Backup on the Dat
> tar cvfz /dev/st0 /home /data /etc /var/spool/mail /var/www 
>  >/var/log/backup.log &
> 
> It is scheduled in cron.
> 
> here is some part of this log.....
> 
> UW PICO(tm) 4.2                    File: /var/log/backup.log
> 
> 
> home/
> home/niteen/
> home/niteen/.bash_history
> home/niteen/.addressbook
> home/niteen/.addressbook.lu
> home/niteen/.bash_logout
> home/niteen/.bash_profile
> home/niteen/.bashrc
> home/niteen/.canna
> home/niteen/.emacs
> home/niteen/.esd_auth
> home/niteen/.fetchmailrc
> home/niteen/.fonts.cache-1
> home/niteen/.gtkrc
> home/niteen/.gtkrc-1.2-gnome2
> home/niteen/.ICEauthority
> home/niteen/.mailboxlist
> home/niteen/.pinerc
> home/niteen/.recently-used
> home/niteen/.rhn-applet.conf
> home/niteen/.viminfo
> 
> ..............................
> 
> I am confussed why it says "This does not look like a tar archive" ??
> 
> 
> help me from this dilemma !!!

Did you rewind the tape before trying to list its contents?

	# mt -f /dev/st0 rewind
	# tar tvf /dev/st0
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