Mark,
Thanks again for the quick response to my other questions!
I have written a couple of MACROS to help manage my DAT tapes and in the
process I have found some more anomolies with QB 5.1:
My configuration is an Archive Python DAT tape drive on A3000/25.
1) If I issue the REXX tapeRewind followed by tapeSpace #
quarterback puts up a requester to insert a tape. If
I immediately hit <return> QB the puts up the waiting
for tape drive requester and everthing works fine.
2) Here is the scenario:
I have mulitple existing backup sets on a tape. I ERASE the
tape, then add 1 backup set, THEN space to the next set.
(I think this dumps me into the middle of an old backup set.)
QB thinks a valid, but encrypted backup set is on the
tape. QB should to be able to tell when it is NOT
positioned at the beginning of a backup set when doing a
restore and indicate this.
(The ERASE/FORMAT command on a DAT drive does not acutally
scrub the entire tape <DAT tapes do not need formating>,
it only erases the beginning of the tape)
Jeff