#
# Create two blank tapes
#
+
+# mt status output
+# SunOS No Additional Sense
+# FreeBSD Current Driver State: at rest.
+# Linux ONLINE
+# Note Debian has messed up their mt. When no tape is in the
+# drive it waits 2 minutes. When a tape is in the drive, it
+# prints user unfriendly output.
+#
+
OS=`uname`
case ${OS} in
SunOS)
FreeBSD)
ready="Current Driver State: at rest."
;;
- *)
- ready="ONLINE"
+ Linux)
+ if test -e /etc/debian_version ; then
+ ready="drive status"
+ else
+ ready="ONLINE"
+ fi
;;
esac
+
wait_for_drive() {
i=0
while [ $i -le 300 ]; do # Wait max 300 seconds
- if mt -f $1 status | grep ${ready} >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+ if mt -f $1 status 2>&1 | grep "${ready}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
break
fi
# debug "Device $1 - not ready, retrying..."