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Checking for free space on tape?

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The Question is:

 
Is there an easy way to check the amount of data to be backuped using backup
 command so that you can check to see if there is enough free space on the
 destination drive.
 
 

The Answer is :

 
  The OpenVMS FAQ section entitled "MISC13.  How do I check for free
  space on a (BACKUP) tape?" will be of interest here.
 
  As for calculating the volume of input data -- without considering
  the results of any compression used within the operation -- you can
  use the DCL lexical functions, the RTL and RMS services, the $qio
  calls to the file system ACP (XQP), and/or the DIRECTORY command.
 
  BACKUP itself does not provide an API to return information to a DCL
  procedure from a BACKUP (test) pass.
 

  

     

     
answer written or last revised on ( 23-AUG-2001 )
     
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