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18 years agoebl udpate
Eric Bollengier [Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:37:03 +0000 (18:37 +0000)]
ebl  udpate

18 years agoebl add Time::ParseDat dependency
Eric Bollengier [Thu, 9 Nov 2006 16:21:23 +0000 (16:21 +0000)]
ebl  add Time::ParseDat dependency

18 years agoSet default configuration file directory on Unix to the configured value instead...
Robert Nelson [Tue, 7 Nov 2006 04:24:53 +0000 (04:24 +0000)]
Set default configuration file directory on Unix to the configured value instead of /etc/bacula.

18 years agoebl fix
Eric Bollengier [Mon, 6 Nov 2006 20:17:18 +0000 (20:17 +0000)]
ebl  fix

18 years agoebl fix RunBefore must AbortJobOnError
Eric Bollengier [Sun, 5 Nov 2006 22:35:53 +0000 (22:35 +0000)]
ebl  fix RunBefore must AbortJobOnError

18 years agoFixed problems with encryption when combined with compression or sparse files. Unfor...
Robert Nelson [Sun, 5 Nov 2006 12:34:59 +0000 (12:34 +0000)]
Fixed problems with encryption when combined with compression or sparse files.  Unfortunately because of this bug all previous encrypted backups can't be restored.

Fixed problem in bfgets with Windows and Mac end of lines.

Fixed bug in Windows version of close_bpipe() that caused programs like bsmtp() to hang waiting for the pipe to be closed.

Fixed binary file type problems in open_bpipe().

Fixed a number of bugs in the Windows version of the mysql DB scripts.

18 years agoebl update
Eric Bollengier [Fri, 3 Nov 2006 14:28:15 +0000 (14:28 +0000)]
ebl  update

18 years agoebl fix runscript on director
Eric Bollengier [Fri, 3 Nov 2006 14:14:00 +0000 (14:14 +0000)]
ebl  fix runscript on director

18 years agoebl update
Eric Bollengier [Thu, 2 Nov 2006 21:50:53 +0000 (21:50 +0000)]
ebl  update

18 years agoebl Change M_FATAL to M_ERROR, it will use jcr->Errors++ instead of aborting the job
Eric Bollengier [Thu, 2 Nov 2006 21:42:55 +0000 (21:42 +0000)]
ebl  Change M_FATAL to M_ERROR, it will use jcr->Errors++ instead of aborting the job
     and let abort_on_error do the job.

18 years agoProvide a more helpful error message when no private keys are defined
Landon Fuller [Thu, 2 Nov 2006 17:31:39 +0000 (17:31 +0000)]
Provide a more helpful error message when no private keys are defined

18 years agoebl update
Eric Bollengier [Wed, 1 Nov 2006 22:48:30 +0000 (22:48 +0000)]
ebl  update

18 years agoebl update
Eric Bollengier [Wed, 1 Nov 2006 22:43:17 +0000 (22:43 +0000)]
ebl  update

18 years agoFix missing update for stab2cv.
Robert Nelson [Wed, 1 Nov 2006 10:22:55 +0000 (10:22 +0000)]
Fix missing update for stab2cv.

18 years agoUpdated technotes with work since 1.39.26.
Robert Nelson [Wed, 1 Nov 2006 05:18:30 +0000 (05:18 +0000)]
Updated technotes with work since 1.39.26.

18 years agoIgnore UTF-8 marker at the start of .conf files.
Robert Nelson [Wed, 1 Nov 2006 04:53:27 +0000 (04:53 +0000)]
Ignore UTF-8 marker at the start of .conf files.

Add stab2cv to 3rd party dependencies.  This is a utility I wrote that is licensed under the GPL and available on SourceForge.  It converts the stab debugging info generated by gcc into Codeview format.  Currently it just translates function names to global symbols.  This is sufficient to get reasonable stack traces from Dr Watson and to look at minidumps.

Fix bug # 699 - winbacula client crashes whilerunning bat scripts.

Enable Windows XP look and feel for the tray icons and wx-console.

Add Windows specific FileSet example to bacula-dir.conf.

Reorganize Start menu so that documentation and configuration are in subfolders.

18 years agoNeed to issue 'done' here.
Landon Fuller [Wed, 1 Nov 2006 01:12:15 +0000 (01:12 +0000)]
Need to issue 'done' here.

18 years agoebl fix
Eric Bollengier [Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:44:40 +0000 (22:44 +0000)]
ebl  fix

18 years agoebl fix joberrors display
Eric Bollengier [Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:32:20 +0000 (22:32 +0000)]
ebl  fix joberrors display

18 years agoebl add
Eric Bollengier [Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:15:16 +0000 (22:15 +0000)]
ebl  add

18 years agoebl update for joberrors count
Eric Bollengier [Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:11:18 +0000 (22:11 +0000)]
ebl  update for joberrors count

18 years agoebl add joberrors to job record
Eric Bollengier [Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:09:39 +0000 (22:09 +0000)]
ebl  add joberrors to job record

18 years agoebl fix
Eric Bollengier [Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:40:26 +0000 (21:40 +0000)]
ebl  fix

18 years agoebl fix remove Purged and Recycle volume size from total pool size
Eric Bollengier [Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:19:16 +0000 (21:19 +0000)]
ebl  fix remove Purged and Recycle volume size from total pool size

18 years agoebl update
Eric Bollengier [Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:29:41 +0000 (20:29 +0000)]
ebl  update

18 years agoebl fix bug when item is ''
Eric Bollengier [Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:27:49 +0000 (20:27 +0000)]
ebl  fix bug when item is ''

18 years agoebl fix
Eric Bollengier [Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:22:09 +0000 (20:22 +0000)]
ebl  fix

18 years agoebl fix
Eric Bollengier [Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:12:42 +0000 (20:12 +0000)]
ebl  fix

18 years agoebl add french translation
Eric Bollengier [Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:06:31 +0000 (20:06 +0000)]
ebl  add french translation

18 years agoebl small fix and updates
Eric Bollengier [Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:03:57 +0000 (20:03 +0000)]
ebl  small fix and updates

18 years agoebl fix postgresql date
Eric Bollengier [Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:59:47 +0000 (12:59 +0000)]
ebl  fix postgresql date

18 years agoFix Windows version of catalog backup scripts.
Robert Nelson [Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:10:05 +0000 (00:10 +0000)]
Fix Windows version of catalog backup scripts.

18 years agoChange daemons and utilities so that if -c is omitted from the command line AND there...
Robert Nelson [Tue, 24 Oct 2006 23:28:49 +0000 (23:28 +0000)]
Change daemons and utilities so that if -c is omitted from the command line AND there is no configuration file in the current directory then the "standard" configuration file (eg /etc/bacula/bacula-*.conf) will be used.  If the argument to -c doesn't contain any path separators AND there is no configuration file by that name in the current directory then the "standard" configuration file directory will be searched for a file by that name.

Fixed restore on Windows so that backslashes as path separators works.

Add missing query.sql file to Windows installer.

18 years agoUpdate to version 1.39.27.
Robert Nelson [Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:43:47 +0000 (22:43 +0000)]
Update to version 1.39.27.

18 years ago920 messages traduits, 90 traductions approximatives, 2003 messages non-traduits.
Eric Bollengier [Sat, 21 Oct 2006 13:07:10 +0000 (13:07 +0000)]
920 messages traduits, 90 traductions approximatives, 2003 messages non-traduits.

18 years ago885 messages traduits, 127 traductions approximatives, 2057 messages non-traduits.
Eric Bollengier [Sat, 21 Oct 2006 12:33:51 +0000 (12:33 +0000)]
885 messages traduits, 127 traductions approximatives, 2057 messages non-traduits.

18 years agokes Fix optional files in Makefile.in of src/filed that caused
Kern Sibbald [Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:41:22 +0000 (00:41 +0000)]
kes  Fix optional files in Makefile.in of src/filed that caused
     a syntax error when using no optional files.

18 years agoebl update comments
Eric Bollengier [Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:08:56 +0000 (20:08 +0000)]
ebl  update comments

18 years agoebl update
Eric Bollengier [Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:40:43 +0000 (18:40 +0000)]
ebl  update

18 years agoebl add tooltips
Eric Bollengier [Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:33:12 +0000 (18:33 +0000)]
ebl  add tooltips

18 years agoebl add confirm message for dangerous operations
Eric Bollengier [Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:28:58 +0000 (18:28 +0000)]
ebl  add confirm message for dangerous operations

18 years ago1.39.26 remove create_sqlite_database.in.patch
Scott Barninger [Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:53:34 +0000 (14:53 +0000)]
1.39.26 remove create_sqlite_database.in.patch

18 years agoAdd a Verify Volume tape test
Kern Sibbald [Sun, 15 Oct 2006 08:41:03 +0000 (08:41 +0000)]
Add a Verify Volume tape test

18 years agoFix a cosmetic bug that caused spurious OpenSSL error messages; there is no reason...
Landon Fuller [Sun, 15 Oct 2006 02:42:27 +0000 (02:42 +0000)]
Fix a cosmetic bug that caused spurious OpenSSL error messages; there is no reason to attempt to load a private key from master key files.

18 years agoUpdate 2drive-incremental-2tape script
Kern Sibbald [Sat, 14 Oct 2006 14:45:16 +0000 (14:45 +0000)]
Update 2drive-incremental-2tape script

18 years agoebl info about get cvs files
Eric Bollengier [Sat, 14 Oct 2006 11:20:41 +0000 (11:20 +0000)]
ebl  info about get cvs files

18 years agoebl fix sql director patch
Eric Bollengier [Sat, 14 Oct 2006 11:19:03 +0000 (11:19 +0000)]
ebl  fix sql director patch

18 years agoupdate
Eric Bollengier [Sat, 14 Oct 2006 08:28:29 +0000 (08:28 +0000)]
update

18 years agoebl cleanup last fix
Eric Bollengier [Sat, 14 Oct 2006 08:22:42 +0000 (08:22 +0000)]
ebl  cleanup last fix

18 years agoebl fix #693 display_pool mysql bug (mysql return 0.0000 instead of 0)
Eric Bollengier [Sat, 14 Oct 2006 08:20:18 +0000 (08:20 +0000)]
ebl  fix #693 display_pool mysql bug  (mysql return 0.0000 instead of 0)
     thanks to kleinermax

18 years agoFix errors in the manual that truncated the pdf
Kern Sibbald [Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:43:58 +0000 (15:43 +0000)]
Fix errors in the manual that truncated the pdf

18 years agoFinal changes
Kern Sibbald [Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:16:15 +0000 (12:16 +0000)]
Final changes

18 years agoUpdate
Kern Sibbald [Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:10:01 +0000 (09:10 +0000)]
Update

18 years agokes Apply the three patches from Richard Mortimer.
Kern Sibbald [Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:01:26 +0000 (09:01 +0000)]
kes  Apply the three patches from Richard Mortimer.
     bacula-reposition.patch, bacula-tape-reopen.patch, and
     bacula-eod.patch. This corrects tape positioning on older devices,
     and also a problem with btape.
kes  Apply fix from bug report #696 where writing to a FIFO does not
     work due to a dumb typo.
kes  Unlock the tape door before the file descriptor is released. This
     should fix lots of somewhat subtle failures when using an autochanger.

18 years agoUpdate the Windows README files.
Robert Nelson [Fri, 13 Oct 2006 06:13:38 +0000 (06:13 +0000)]
Update the Windows README files.

Remove the unused and commented out entries from the .DEF files.

18 years agoUpdate kernstodo for handling deleted files
Kern Sibbald [Thu, 12 Oct 2006 08:42:47 +0000 (08:42 +0000)]
Update kernstodo for handling deleted files

18 years agoSend M_ERROR_TERM and M_ABORT messages to stdout on Windows.
Robert Nelson [Wed, 11 Oct 2006 22:40:53 +0000 (22:40 +0000)]
Send M_ERROR_TERM and M_ABORT messages to stdout on Windows.

Fix cleanup of spool files on Windows.

Fix Windows 9x compatibility.

Remove /silent option from daemons on Windows.  The new default is the same as the old /silent.  To enable the message boxes that previously were suppressed by /silent you must add /debug instead.

Add new /debug option. This option enables the message boxes that previously were suppressed by the /silent option.  In addition the daemons will open a console window if this option is used.

Fix bug with service not being removed on migrated installs.

18 years agokes Correct mtx-changer bug that I introduced in a recent commit, and
Kern Sibbald [Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:34:24 +0000 (21:34 +0000)]
kes  Correct mtx-changer bug that I introduced in a recent commit, and
     pointed out by Robert Nelson -- thanks.

18 years agokes Turn on heap reporting in Dir with zero debug level.
Kern Sibbald [Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:50:41 +0000 (16:50 +0000)]
kes  Turn on heap reporting in Dir with zero debug level.
kes  Send a message to the sys log when Bacula forces a SEG FAULT, and
     send the same message to stdout.

18 years agoFix MinGW build problems.
Robert Nelson [Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:22:19 +0000 (11:22 +0000)]
Fix MinGW build problems.

18 years agoFix Windows' daemons so that messages print to stdout if not running as a service.
Robert Nelson [Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:18:29 +0000 (09:18 +0000)]
Fix Windows' daemons so that messages print to stdout if not running as a service.

Add daemon name to trace file name (eg bacula-dir.trace).

Fix environment variable expansion in directory names on Windows.

Fix autochanger support in fill command.

Update SQL scripts.

Fix daemon usage displays.

Cleanup bacula-dir.conf template.

Install openssl.cnf.

18 years agoFix Windows' daemons so that messages print to stdout if not running as a service.
Robert Nelson [Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:11:55 +0000 (09:11 +0000)]
Fix Windows' daemons so that messages print to stdout if not running as a service.

Add daemon name to trace file name (eg bacula-dir.trace).

Fix environment variable expansion in directory names on Windows.

Fix autochanger support in fill command.

Update SQL scripts.

Fix daemon usage displays.

Cleanup bacula-dir.conf template.

Install openssl.cnf.

18 years agoUpdates
Kern Sibbald [Mon, 9 Oct 2006 22:21:19 +0000 (22:21 +0000)]
Updates

18 years agoforth => fourth
Dan Langille [Mon, 9 Oct 2006 21:37:18 +0000 (21:37 +0000)]
forth => fourth

18 years agoFix remaining autochanger command for full output
Kern Sibbald [Sat, 7 Oct 2006 21:16:11 +0000 (21:16 +0000)]
Fix remaining autochanger command for full output

18 years agokes Begin work on new GUI console.
Kern Sibbald [Sat, 7 Oct 2006 21:09:43 +0000 (21:09 +0000)]
kes  Begin work on new GUI console.
kes  Make configure look in non-standard MySQL library directory
     for Solaris.
kes  Make mtx-changer automatically configure the autochanger wait
     procedure for Solaris, FreeBSD, and Linux.  Previously, only Linux
     was implemented.
kes  Correct drop_sqlite_tables.in script to not delete the database.
kes  When writing to a log file, close and reopen the file descriptor
     if there is an error writing the file.
kes  Modify the autochanger loaded?, load, and unload commands to print
     the full text of any mtx output if there is an error.  Helps to
     ease diagnosis of autochanger problems.
kes  Correct a few Win32 errno returns in the VSS code so that hopefully
     a resonable Win32 error message will be printed.
kes  Convert a few strcat()... to bstrncat() in the Win32 code.

18 years agoRemove debug
Kern Sibbald [Sat, 7 Oct 2006 17:08:40 +0000 (17:08 +0000)]
Remove debug

18 years agoFix initial SQlite Problem
Kern Sibbald [Sat, 7 Oct 2006 13:23:41 +0000 (13:23 +0000)]
Fix initial SQlite Problem

18 years agoFix bug # 688.
Robert Nelson [Fri, 6 Oct 2006 18:28:35 +0000 (18:28 +0000)]
Fix bug # 688.

Port bsmtp to Windows.

Add Bacula/bin to directory searched for scripts/programs specified without paths in configuration files.

Add bsleep.exe used in scripts to sleep between commands.

Fix bugs in mtx-changer.cmd and customize bacula-sd.conf template to be Windows specific.

Fix time warp in ChangeLog and technotes.

18 years agoUpdate ReleaseNotes
Kern Sibbald [Tue, 3 Oct 2006 09:01:12 +0000 (09:01 +0000)]
Update ReleaseNotes

18 years agoupdate
Eric Bollengier [Mon, 2 Oct 2006 19:12:51 +0000 (19:12 +0000)]
update

18 years agoebl bugfix: perl << operator works only with 32bytes value
Eric Bollengier [Mon, 2 Oct 2006 19:11:17 +0000 (19:11 +0000)]
ebl  bugfix: perl << operator works only with 32bytes value

18 years agoUpdate ReleaseNotes
Kern Sibbald [Mon, 2 Oct 2006 16:56:09 +0000 (16:56 +0000)]
Update ReleaseNotes

18 years agoUpdate
Kern Sibbald [Mon, 2 Oct 2006 15:54:01 +0000 (15:54 +0000)]
Update

18 years agoFix bug # 676 - File Restoration to win32 client fails
Robert Nelson [Mon, 2 Oct 2006 15:09:45 +0000 (15:09 +0000)]
Fix bug # 676 - File Restoration to win32 client fails

Fix reopen problem for tape devices.

18 years agokes Apply dvd find volume patch from Richard Mortimer.
Kern Sibbald [Mon, 2 Oct 2006 11:42:21 +0000 (11:42 +0000)]
kes  Apply dvd find volume patch from Richard Mortimer.
kes  Eliminate the dvd specific mount routines using only the
     dev->mount/unmount.
kes  Make update_free_space a method of DEVICE and rename
     update_freespace.

18 years agoebl fix RunScript bug (in some case, After script wasn't launched)
Eric Bollengier [Sun, 1 Oct 2006 21:04:05 +0000 (21:04 +0000)]
ebl  fix RunScript bug (in some case, After script wasn't launched)

18 years agoebl fix segfault in migration job when storage is not defined
Eric Bollengier [Sun, 1 Oct 2006 19:35:23 +0000 (19:35 +0000)]
ebl  fix segfault in migration job when storage is not defined

18 years agokes Require a messages command acl to be able to receive messages
Kern Sibbald [Sun, 1 Oct 2006 16:54:59 +0000 (16:54 +0000)]
kes  Require a messages command acl to be able to receive messages
     in a console.
kes  Add console, system, and scan job types in util.c.

18 years agoebl init
Eric Bollengier [Sun, 1 Oct 2006 10:29:03 +0000 (10:29 +0000)]
ebl  init

18 years agobug
Eric Bollengier [Sun, 1 Oct 2006 10:27:00 +0000 (10:27 +0000)]
bug

18 years agoebl update label_barcode
Eric Bollengier [Sat, 30 Sep 2006 13:27:52 +0000 (13:27 +0000)]
ebl  update label_barcode

18 years agoUpdate
Kern Sibbald [Sat, 30 Sep 2006 08:42:42 +0000 (08:42 +0000)]
Update

18 years agoMake the instructions clearer about how to handle the documentation tree.
Robert Nelson [Sat, 30 Sep 2006 04:16:18 +0000 (04:16 +0000)]
Make the instructions clearer about how to handle the documentation tree.

18 years agoRewrite the README to match the new build procedure.
Robert Nelson [Sat, 30 Sep 2006 04:06:50 +0000 (04:06 +0000)]
Rewrite the README to match the new build procedure.

18 years agoFix remaining issues with Microsoft Visual Studio build.
Robert Nelson [Sat, 30 Sep 2006 02:20:47 +0000 (02:20 +0000)]
Fix remaining issues with Microsoft Visual Studio build.

18 years agoUpdate
Kern Sibbald [Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:18:24 +0000 (16:18 +0000)]
Update

18 years agoAdd SED to the 3rd party dependencies build script for Microsoft Visual Studio.
Robert Nelson [Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:02:41 +0000 (11:02 +0000)]
Add SED to the 3rd party dependencies  build script for Microsoft Visual Studio.

18 years agoFix Microsoft Visual Studio Release build.
Robert Nelson [Fri, 29 Sep 2006 09:55:51 +0000 (09:55 +0000)]
Fix Microsoft Visual Studio Release build.

18 years agoBuild Installer by default on Microsoft Visual Studio builds.
Robert Nelson [Fri, 29 Sep 2006 07:43:36 +0000 (07:43 +0000)]
Build Installer by default on Microsoft Visual Studio builds.

18 years agoAdd missing Microsoft Visual Studio project files.
Robert Nelson [Fri, 29 Sep 2006 05:11:55 +0000 (05:11 +0000)]
Add missing Microsoft Visual Studio project files.

18 years agoAdd missing Microsoft Visual Studio project files.
Robert Nelson [Fri, 29 Sep 2006 04:58:55 +0000 (04:58 +0000)]
Add missing Microsoft Visual Studio project files.

18 years agokes Print the Volume purged message only for real jobs to keep
Kern Sibbald [Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:43:23 +0000 (21:43 +0000)]
kes  Print the Volume purged message only for real jobs to keep
     from cluttering up the daemon messages.
kes  Lock the tape drive door while Bacula is using the device.
kes  Add back the 'No Jobs running' message to FD and SD status because
     my regression script depends on it, and I'm too lazy to change the
     scripts.
kes  Start using structure assignments (not too happy about it ...).
kes  Fix a bug in the tools Makefile that broke on Solaris.
kes  Unload any autochanger drive during a 'release' command.

18 years agoebl do_update_volume use bconsole instead of SQL UPDATE
Eric Bollengier [Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:52:09 +0000 (19:52 +0000)]
ebl  do_update_volume use bconsole instead of SQL UPDATE

18 years agoUpdate
Kern Sibbald [Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:55:51 +0000 (14:55 +0000)]
Update

18 years agoEliminate dependency on man2html.
Robert Nelson [Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:46:06 +0000 (22:46 +0000)]
Eliminate dependency on man2html.

Made Windows service tray status windows resizable.

Fixed horizontal scrolling of text in status window.

Preserve horizontal and vertical scroll position while updating.  This prevents the display being reset to the top line every 5 seconds.

Fix Windows cross-compile compatibilty problems with *nix variants such as OS X without the zic command.

Changed the URL for mt-st from ftp: to http:.

Fix PostgreSQL mingw32 build problems on some platforms.

Add processing of NL in tray status window.

Convert listbox to a text box in Client status window.

Removed unused support for events and properties display.

18 years agoUpdate the "Filesystem change prohibited. Will not descend into /misc"
Dan Langille [Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:04:44 +0000 (20:04 +0000)]
Update the "Filesystem change prohibited. Will not descend into /misc"
message to refer to the new format: "/misc is a different filesystem. Will
not descend from / into /misc"

Elaborate upon what this message means, and how it does not necessarily
indicate that the filesystem/partition has or has not been backed up.

18 years agoImprove the old "Filesystem change prohibited" message to remove possible
Dan Langille [Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:22:52 +0000 (19:22 +0000)]
Improve the old "Filesystem change prohibited" message to remove possible
confusion.  Instead, say "%s is a different filesystem".  We need to follow
up with documentation changes, and explain how this situation arises.

18 years agokes Enhance error message when restoring without bootstrap file.
Kern Sibbald [Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:13:21 +0000 (19:13 +0000)]
kes  Enhance error message when restoring without bootstrap file.
kes  Check restored size only for regular files.
kes  Store Python job level in job record in Dir.

18 years agokes Add back code to open tape device nonblocking, but if rewind fails
Kern Sibbald [Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:30:24 +0000 (10:30 +0000)]
kes  Add back code to open tape device nonblocking, but if rewind fails
     release file descriptor.
kes  Modify acquire.c to first try autoloading the device. Also, ask operator
     to mount tape if drive cannot be opened.