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From: ldm@homxc.UUCP (L.MARCO)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Getting status of a tape drive
Message-ID: <798@homxc.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 30-Jul-87 11:21:42 EDT
Article-I.D.: homxc.798
Posted: Thu Jul 30 11:21:42 1987
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References: <8500@brl-adm.ARPA>
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In article <8500@brl-adm.ARPA>, jepeway@UTKCS2.CS.UTK.EDU writes:
> 
>     I'm writing a c-shell script to do backups on our system, a VAX 8200
> running Ultrix 1.2.  I'd like to be able to determine whether there is a
> tape mounted and online in the tape drive (a TU81 plus), and I want to be
> able to do so regardless of whether some other process is using the drive.

	Why not the csh equivalent of:

if echo >/dev/rmt0
then
:
else
echo Rmt0 is fubar
exit
fi

Disclaimer : I use old fashioned Bourne shell exclusively.
Flames on "Don't you know that won't work in csh' >/dev/null