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8.2.3: Vtblc Examples

The following is some sample output produced by vtblc --print.

claus@anaximander:/automount/home/claus/ > vtblc --print
 Nr  Id          Label                   Date           Start      End    Space
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  0 VTBL "zftape volume 000     "  00:00:00 01/01/70        3      109    0.20%
  1 VTBL "zftape volume 001     "  00:00:00 01/01/70      110      216    0.20%
  2 VTBL "zftape volume 002     "  00:00:00 01/01/70      217     2559    4.32%

Same cartridge, but after setting the date of the second volume table with vtblc --print --vtbl-entry=1 --modify=date

claus@anaximander:/automount/home/claus/ > vtblc --print --vtbl-entry=1 --modify=date
 Nr  Id          Label                   Date           Start      End    Space
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  0 VTBL "zftape volume 000     "  00:00:00 01/01/70        3      109    0.20%
  1 VTBL "zftape volume 001     "  17:43:00 07/31/98      110      216    0.20%
  2 VTBL "zftape volume 002     "  00:00:00 01/01/70      217     2559    4.32%

Same cartridge, but after setting the label of the last volume to something funny with vtblc --print --vtbl-entry=1 --modify=label="something funny" and after resetting the date with vtblc --print --vtbl-entry=1 --modify=date="00:00:00 01/01/70

claus@anaximander:/automount/home/claus/ > vtblc --print --vtbl-entry=1 --modify=date="00:00:00 01/01/70
claus@anaximander:/automount/home/claus/ > vtblc --print --vtbl-entry=1 --modify=label="something funny"
 Nr  Id          Label                   Date           Start      End    Space
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  0 VTBL "zftape volume 000     "  00:00:00 01/01/70        3      109    0.20%
  1 VTBL "zftape volume 001     "  00:00:00 01/01/70      110      216    0.20%
  2 VTBL "something funny       "  00:00:00 01/01/70      217     2559    4.32%

You may want to try ftape-tool to manipulate the volume table in a much more comfortable way (see Ftape-tool).


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