Tapecat 1.0.0 review

tapecat is a tape utility used to describe the physical content of a tape

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 14K Developer: Inventive Technology GmbH

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tapecat is a tape utility used to describe the physical content of a tape. By physical content it's meant the files written on tape as understood by the tape driver. Tapecat is not meant the content of each such file.

The output will present the number of the file on tape, it's size based on tape blocks read and the type of file. The type of file will be shown using the file command. So, this command needs to be available.

A special treatment is reserved for amanda tapes, where all information regarding the tape and it's content is displayed. The information includes the tape label, the diskdevice and the diskname as specified in the disklist file.

Installation instructions:

Compile

Unpack tar.bz2 package file:
$ tar -jxf tapecat-1.0.x.tar.bz2

'cd' to package directory:
$ cd tapecat-1.0.x

Review and edit 'Makefile' (if needed).

Run 'make' command to compile package:
$ make

Install

As 'root' user run:
# make install

It will install:
application 'tapecat' under '/usr/local/bin' directory.
manual files under '/usr/local/man'.

Uninstall

In package directory just type:
# make uninstall