Scott R. Ehrlich wrote: > I have an Overland tape library connected, via SCSI card, to an > out-of-box, full install of C5 install on an old PC. > > I have a script that uses tar to archive data to tape and mtx to change > tapes. What I don't know, if possible, is to obtain the status of how > much tape is left in the drive. If I get a write failure, I'd like to > know if the tape is bad or has run out of space. you can retrieve the current block number with the comand if you're using the non-rewind device: tar cf /dev/nst0 file1 file2 .... # your tar command mt -f /dev/nst0 tell # tell which is the current block ... Pierre Bourgin