NAME

       ddstool - simple shell script to manage dds tapes

SYNOPSIS

       ddstool <command> <options>

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual  page  documents  briefly  the ddstool command.  This manual page was written for the Debian
       GNU/Linux distribution (but may be used by others), because the original program does not have  a  manual
       page.

       Since  the  version  of  tar  now  shipping in Debian does not contain the patch necessary to support the
       --record-file option, this program will do nothing useful unless you're running a locally patched version
       of tar.

       First label a tape:

              ddstool create-label 'unique-string and more'

       To archive something:

              ddstool append pathnames...

       To delete the old index-files and make a new label:

              ddstool new-label 'unique-string and more strings'

       Each index is stored by the pathnames:

              $A/$unique-string.$file-number         (soft link)

              $A/$timestamp-of-the-tapelabel.$file-number (file)

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Christian Schwarz for the Debian GNU/Linux system.

                                                  9 Januar 1997                                       DDSTOOL(1)