1 .TH BACKUP-WHATSTHIS "1" "July 2003" "Debian" "Chiark-backup"
3 backup-whatsthis \- read an id off a tape and display it
10 `backup-whatsthis' is a simple script to display the TAPEID of the current
11 tape and optionally list its contents. This script is a bit of a hack
12 and may not be fully reliable.
17 Print TAPEID then list archive n (default 0). Note that archives are
21 .I /etc/chiark-backup/settings.pl
22 Configuration file for the whole of chiark-backup
25 `backup-whatsthis' is currently hardwired to assume `cpio' type backups
26 when listing; it could be trivially hardwired to assume `zafio'
27 or with slightly more effort it could be done properly :->.
29 This Manual page was written by Matthew Vernon <matthew@debian.org> but
30 may be used by anyone.
32 Copyright (C) 1997-1998,2000-2001 Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
34 Copyright (C) 1999 Peter Maydell <pmaydell@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
36 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
37 warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.