tape listing

[gerrynix]

> > 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


Looking at your command . . . You have used the "z" option to
gzip your backup. Man page says to also use the z option to
to view/extract . . . Try:

        # tar tzvf /dev/st0

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