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Old 07-11-2009, 12:37 AM   #1
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Hi I need to find the tape drive name from the following list.

[root@hnb dev]#
[root@hnb dev]#
[root@hnb dev]# pwd
/dev
[root@hnb dev]# ls -lrt
total 0
drwx------ 2 root root 80 Oct 23 2008 VolGroup00
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 40 Oct 23 2008 shm
cr--r--r-- 1 root root 1, 9 Oct 23 2008 urandom
crw------- 1 root root 5, 1 Oct 23 2008 console
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 136 Oct 23 2008 vcsa8
crw------- 1 root root 10, 183 Oct 23 2008 hw_random
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 8 Oct 23 2008 vcs8
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Oct 23 2008 floppy -> fd0
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 0 Oct 23 2008 fd0
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 80 Oct 23 2008 fd0h880
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 24 Oct 23 2008 fd0h720
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 64 Oct 23 2008 fd0h420
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 48 Oct 23 2008 fd0h410
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 20 Oct 23 2008 fd0h360
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 4 Oct 23 2008 fd0d360
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 68 Oct 23 2008 fd0u830
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 52 Oct 23 2008 fd0u820
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 120 Oct 23 2008 fd0u800
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 16 Oct 23 2008 fd0u720
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 12 Oct 23 2008 fd0u360
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 84 Oct 23 2008 fd0u1040
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 92 Oct 23 2008 fd0h1660
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 72 Oct 23 2008 fd0h1494
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 56 Oct 23 2008 fd0h1476
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 40 Oct 23 2008 fd0h1440
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 8 Oct 23 2008 fd0h1200
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 104 Oct 23 2008 fd0u3200
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 32 Oct 23 2008 fd0u2880
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 100 Oct 23 2008 fd0u1920
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 116 Oct 23 2008 fd0u1840
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 96 Oct 23 2008 fd0u1760
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 76 Oct 23 2008 fd0u1743
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 60 Oct 23 2008 fd0u1722
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 44 Oct 23 2008 fd0u1680
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 124 Oct 23 2008 fd0u1660
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 28 Oct 23 2008 fd0u1440
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 88 Oct 23 2008 fd0u1120
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 112 Oct 23 2008 fd0u3840
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 108 Oct 23 2008 fd0u3520
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 4 Oct 23 2008 fd0CompaQ
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 16 Oct 23 2008 fd0H720
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 12 Oct 23 2008 fd0H360
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 28 Oct 23 2008 fd0H1440
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 16 Oct 23 2008 fd0D720
brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 12 Oct 23 2008 fd0D360
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 64 Oct 23 2008 ttyS0
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 65 Oct 23 2008 ttyS1
srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Oct 23 2008 log
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Oct 23 2008 par0 -> lp0
srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Oct 23 2008 gpmctl
crw------- 1 root root 4, 2 Oct 23 2008 tty2
crw------- 1 root root 4, 1 Oct 23 2008 tty1
crw------- 1 root root 4, 3 Oct 23 2008 tty3
crw------- 1 root root 4, 5 Oct 23 2008 tty5
crw------- 1 root root 4, 4 Oct 23 2008 tty4
crw------- 1 root root 4, 6 Oct 23 2008 tty6
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 1 Oct 23 2008 vcs1
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 129 Oct 23 2008 vcsa1
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 2 Oct 23 2008 vcs2
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 3 Oct 23 2008 vcs3
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 130 Oct 23 2008 vcsa2
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 4 Oct 23 2008 vcs4
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 5 Oct 23 2008 vcs5
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 133 Oct 23 2008 vcsa5
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 131 Oct 23 2008 vcsa3
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 6 Oct 23 2008 vcs6
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 134 Oct 23 2008 vcsa6
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 132 Oct 23 2008 vcsa4
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 135 Oct 23 2008 vcsa7
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 7 Oct 23 2008 vcs7
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Oct 23 2008 pts
crw-r----- 1 root kmem 1, 4 Oct 23 2008 port
crw-r----- 1 root kmem 1, 1 Oct 23 2008 mem
crw------- 1 root root 1, 11 Oct 23 2008 kmsg
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 7 Oct 23 2008 full
crw-r--r-- 1 root root 10, 135 Oct 23 2008 rtc
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 8 Oct 23 2008 random
crw------- 1 root root 13, 32 Oct 23 2008 mouse0
crw------- 1 root root 13, 63 Oct 23 2008 mice
crw------- 1 root root 13, 65 Oct 23 2008 event1
crw------- 1 root root 13, 64 Oct 23 2008 event0
crw------- 1 root root 36, 14 Oct 23 2008 dnrtmsg
crw------- 1 root root 36, 8 Oct 23 2008 arpd
crw------- 1 root root 36, 17 Oct 23 2008 tap1
crw------- 1 root root 36, 16 Oct 23 2008 tap0
crw------- 1 root root 36, 1 Oct 23 2008 skip
crw------- 1 root root 36, 11 Oct 23 2008 route6
crw------- 1 root root 36, 0 Oct 23 2008 route
crw------- 1 root root 36, 5 Oct 23 2008 nflog
crw------- 1 root root 36, 13 Oct 23 2008 ip6_fw
crw------- 1 root root 36, 3 Oct 23 2008 fwmonitor
crw------- 1 root root 36, 21 Oct 23 2008 tap5
crw------- 1 root root 36, 20 Oct 23 2008 tap4
crw------- 1 root root 36, 19 Oct 23 2008 tap3
crw------- 1 root root 36, 18 Oct 23 2008 tap2
crw------- 1 root root 36, 31 Oct 23 2008 tap15
crw------- 1 root root 36, 30 Oct 23 2008 tap14
crw------- 1 root root 36, 29 Oct 23 2008 tap13
crw------- 1 root root 36, 28 Oct 23 2008 tap12
crw------- 1 root root 36, 27 Oct 23 2008 tap11
crw------- 1 root root 36, 26 Oct 23 2008 tap10
crw------- 1 root root 36, 6 Oct 23 2008 xfrm
crw------- 1 root root 36, 2 Oct 23 2008 usersock
crw------- 1 root root 36, 4 Oct 23 2008 tcpdiag
crw------- 1 root root 36, 25 Oct 23 2008 tap9
crw------- 1 root root 36, 24 Oct 23 2008 tap8
crw------- 1 root root 36, 23 Oct 23 2008 tap7
crw------- 1 root root 36, 22 Oct 23 2008 tap6
crw------- 1 root root 162, 0 Oct 23 2008 rawctl
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 14 Oct 23 2008 tty14
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 13 Oct 23 2008 tty13
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 12 Oct 23 2008 tty12
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 11 Oct 23 2008 tty11
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 10 Oct 23 2008 tty10
crw-rw---- 1 root root 4, 0 Oct 23 2008 tty0
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 22 Oct 23 2008 tty22
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 21 Oct 23 2008 tty21
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 20 Oct 23 2008 tty20
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 19 Oct 23 2008 tty19
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 18 Oct 23 2008 tty18
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 17 Oct 23 2008 tty17
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 16 Oct 23 2008 tty16
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 15 Oct 23 2008 tty15
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 30 Oct 23 2008 tty30
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 29 Oct 23 2008 tty29
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 28 Oct 23 2008 tty28
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 27 Oct 23 2008 tty27
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 26 Oct 23 2008 tty26
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 25 Oct 23 2008 tty25
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 24 Oct 23 2008 tty24
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 23 Oct 23 2008 tty23
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 39 Oct 23 2008 tty39
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 38 Oct 23 2008 tty38
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 37 Oct 23 2008 tty37
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 36 Oct 23 2008 tty36
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 35 Oct 23 2008 tty35
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 34 Oct 23 2008 tty34
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 33 Oct 23 2008 tty33
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 32 Oct 23 2008 tty32
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 31 Oct 23 2008 tty31
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 47 Oct 23 2008 tty47
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 46 Oct 23 2008 tty46
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 45 Oct 23 2008 tty45
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 44 Oct 23 2008 tty44
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 43 Oct 23 2008 tty43
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 42 Oct 23 2008 tty42
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 41 Oct 23 2008 tty41
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 40 Oct 23 2008 tty40
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 56 Oct 23 2008 tty56
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 55 Oct 23 2008 tty55
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 54 Oct 23 2008 tty54
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 53 Oct 23 2008 tty53
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 52 Oct 23 2008 tty52
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 51 Oct 23 2008 tty51
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 50 Oct 23 2008 tty50
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 49 Oct 23 2008 tty49
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 48 Oct 23 2008 tty48
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 63 Oct 23 2008 tty63
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 62 Oct 23 2008 tty62
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 61 Oct 23 2008 tty61
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 60 Oct 23 2008 tty60
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 59 Oct 23 2008 tty59
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 58 Oct 23 2008 tty58
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 57 Oct 23 2008 tty57
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 70 Oct 23 2008 ttyS6
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 69 Oct 23 2008 ttyS5
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 68 Oct 23 2008 ttyS4
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 67 Oct 23 2008 ttyS3
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 66 Oct 23 2008 ttyS2
crw-rw---- 1 root tty 4, 9 Oct 23 2008 tty9
crw-rw---- 1 root root 4, 8 Oct 23 2008 tty8
crw-rw---- 1 root root 4, 7 Oct 23 2008 tty7
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 128 Oct 23 2008 vcsa
crw------- 1 vcsa tty 7, 0 Oct 23 2008 vcs
crw-rw---- 1 root uucp 4, 71 Oct 23 2008 ttyS7
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 0 Oct 23 2008 hda
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 12 Oct 23 2008 ram12
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 11 Oct 23 2008 ram11
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 10 Oct 23 2008 ram10
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 1 Oct 23 2008 ram1
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 0 Oct 23 2008 ram0
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 3 Oct 23 2008 ram3
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 2 Oct 23 2008 ram2
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 15 Oct 23 2008 ram15
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 14 Oct 23 2008 ram14
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 13 Oct 23 2008 ram13
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 8 Oct 23 2008 ram8
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 7 Oct 23 2008 ram7
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 6 Oct 23 2008 ram6
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 5 Oct 23 2008 ram5
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 4 Oct 23 2008 ram4
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 1, 9 Oct 23 2008 ram9
crw------- 1 root root 10, 63 Oct 23 2008 device-mapper
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 100 Oct 23 2008 cciss
brw-r----- 1 root root 253, 0 Oct 23 2008 dm-0
brw-r----- 1 root root 253, 1 Oct 23 2008 dm-1
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 100 Oct 23 2008 mapper
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Oct 23 2008 root -> /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Oct 23 2008 fd -> /proc/self/fd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Oct 23 2008 stdin -> /proc/self/fd/0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Oct 23 2008 stdout -> /proc/self/fd/1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Oct 23 2008 stderr -> /proc/self/fd/2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Oct 23 2008 core -> /proc/kcore
brw-r----- 1 root disk 7, 0 Oct 23 2008 loop0
brw-r----- 1 root disk 7, 1 Oct 23 2008 loop1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 7, 2 Oct 23 2008 loop2
brw-r----- 1 root disk 7, 3 Oct 23 2008 loop3
brw-r----- 1 root disk 7, 4 Oct 23 2008 loop4
brw-r----- 1 root disk 7, 5 Oct 23 2008 loop5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 7, 6 Oct 23 2008 loop6
brw-r----- 1 root disk 7, 7 Oct 23 2008 loop7
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 0 Oct 23 2008 lp0
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 99, 0 Oct 23 2008 parport0
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 1 Oct 23 2008 lp1
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 99, 1 Oct 23 2008 parport1
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 2 Oct 23 2008 lp2
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 99, 2 Oct 23 2008 parport2
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 3 Oct 23 2008 lp3
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 99, 3 Oct 23 2008 parport3
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Oct 23 2008 net
crw------- 1 root root 108, 0 Oct 23 2008 ppp
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 5, 0 Oct 23 2008 tty
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 3 Oct 23 2008 null
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 1, 5 Oct 23 2008 zero
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 0 Oct 23 2008 md0
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 1 Oct 23 2008 md1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 2 Oct 23 2008 md2
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 3 Oct 23 2008 md3
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 4 Oct 23 2008 md4
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 5 Oct 23 2008 md5
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 6 Oct 23 2008 md6
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 7 Oct 23 2008 md7
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 8 Oct 23 2008 md8
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 9 Oct 23 2008 md9
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 10 Oct 23 2008 md10
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 11 Oct 23 2008 md11
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 12 Oct 23 2008 md12
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 13 Oct 23 2008 md13
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 14 Oct 23 2008 md14
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 15 Oct 23 2008 md15
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 16 Oct 23 2008 md16
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 17 Oct 23 2008 md17
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 18 Oct 23 2008 md18
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 19 Oct 23 2008 md19
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 20 Oct 23 2008 md20
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 21 Oct 23 2008 md21
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 22 Oct 23 2008 md22
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 23 Oct 23 2008 md23
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 24 Oct 23 2008 md24
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 25 Oct 23 2008 md25
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 26 Oct 23 2008 md26
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 27 Oct 23 2008 md27
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 28 Oct 23 2008 md28
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 29 Oct 23 2008 md29
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 30 Oct 23 2008 md30
brw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 31 Oct 23 2008 md31
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Oct 23 2008 MAKEDEV -> /sbin/MAKEDEV
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Oct 23 2008 XOR -> null
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 120 Oct 23 2008 input
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 21, 0 Oct 23 2008 sg0
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 21, 1 Oct 23 2008 sg1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Oct 23 2008 tape -> nst0
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 128 Oct 23 2008 nst0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Oct 23 2008 tape1 -> nst0a
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 224 Oct 23 2008 nst0a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Oct 23 2008 tape2 -> nst0l
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 160 Oct 23 2008 nst0l
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Oct 23 2008 tape3 -> nst0m
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 192 Oct 23 2008 nst0m
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 0 Oct 23 2008 st0
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 96 Oct 23 2008 st0a
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 32 Oct 23 2008 st0l
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 9, 64 Oct 23 2008 st0m
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Oct 23 2008 systty -> tty0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Oct 23 2008 dvd -> hda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Oct 23 2008 cdrom -> hda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Oct 23 2008 ramdisk -> ram0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Oct 23 2008 ram -> ram1
prw------- 1 root root 0 Oct 23 2008 initctl
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 0 Jul 11 10:09 sda
crw-rw---- 1 root disk 21, 2 Jul 11 10:09 sg2
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 1 Jul 11 10:09 sda1
crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty 5, 2 Jul 11 10:09 ptmx
 
Old 07-14-2009, 03:32 PM   #2
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I'm going to assume it's one of the ones called "tape" toward the bottom of the list. Just a guess.
 
  


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