Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!ames!rex!ginosko!uunet!algor2!jeffrey From: jeffrey@algor2.uu.net (Jeffrey Kegler) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: validating dumps Summary: Is listing the contents sufficient? Message-ID: <1989Aug12.063242.544@algor2.uu.net> Date: 12 Aug 89 06:32:42 GMT References: <794@Terra.cc.brunel.ac.uk> Reply-To: jeffrey@algor2.UUCP (Jeffrey Kegler) Organization: Algorists, Inc. Lines: 15 In article <794@Terra.cc.brunel.ac.uk> linda@cc.brunel.ac.uk (Linda Birmingham) writes: >I'm trying to validate dump tapes. > >I liked someones idea of trying to restore the last file on the tape. > I have always simply reread the tape's table of contents. Does anyone have experience of this failing? "Fail" is defined here as a successful read of the table of contents where the tape's contents were bad. -- Jeffrey Kegler, Independent UNIX Consultant, Algorists, Inc. jeffrey@algor2.ALGORISTS.COM or uunet!algor2!jeffrey 1762 Wainwright DR, Reston VA 22090