Re: Anyone use "mtx" from sourceforge.net ?

From: John Jolet (john.jolet@FXFN.COM)
Date: Wed Jan 28 2004 - 14:28:20 EST


we also have had no luck with mtx on aix.

On Wednesday 28 January 2004 01:07 pm, you wrote:
> I am trying to compile mtx to access my tape library. My efforts to get
> "tapeutil" to work are so far, fruitless.
>
> I have gcc and gnumake downloaded, but when I compile mtx with the make, I
> get ....
>
>
> sapbox:/tmp/mtx/mtx-1.2.17rel >gnumake
> gcc -g -O2 -DVERSION="\"1.2.17rel\"" -c -o mtx.o mtx.c
> In file included from mtx.c:40:
> mtxl.h:35: error: parse error before "SCSI_OpenDevice"
> mtxl.h:35: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
> mtxl.h:36: error: parse error before "DEVICE_TYPE"
> mtxl.h:37: error: parse error before "DeviceFD"
> mtxl.h:52: error: parse error before "MediumChangerFD"
> mtxl.h:54: error: parse error before "fd"
> mtxl.h:56: error: parse error before "MediumChangerFD"
> mtxl.h:61: error: parse error before "MediumChangerFD"
> mtxl.h:62: error: parse error before "fd"
> mtxl.h:63: error: parse error before "fd"
> mtx.c:90: error: parse error before "MediumChangerFD"
> mtx.c:90: error: `DEVICE_TYPE' undeclared here (not in a function)
> mtx.c:90: error: parse error before numeric constant
> gnumake: *** [mtx.o] Error 1
>
>
>
> Anyone get mtx working or given up after trying ? Can anyone assist me
> with this error? My C days are long gone.
>
> Better yet - has anyone succeeded in getting tapeutil to read the RAM of
> their tape library and query tape barcodes ?
>
> Thanks, Bill.
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
> "If everything is coming your way, then you are in the wrong lane"
>
> Bill Verzal
> AIX Administrator, Komatsu America
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