CatalystX::Usul::TapeDevice - Provides tape device methods

0.3.$Revision: 576 $

   use CatalystX::Usul::TapeDevice;

Provides methods to perform tape backups using either dump or tar

Ejects the tape in the selected drive

For the given filesystem volume, looks up all the data used by the backup_view method

Called from a command line wrapper this method executes the actual dump or tar command

Calls the external command line wrapper which performs the backup. Runs the command asynchronously so that it can return immediately to the action that called it

For the given filesystem volume this method stashes values for last_dump and last_level which it parses from the data in the file pointed to by the dump_dates attribute (defaults to /etc/dumpdates). Called by the retrieve method

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CatalystX::Usul

CatalystX::Usul::Utils

There are no known incompatibilities in this module

There are no known bugs in this module. Please report problems to the address below. Patches are welcome

Peter Flanigan, <Support at RoxSoft.co.uk>

Copyright (c) 2008 Peter Flanigan. All rights reserved

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