Re: cant open /dev/tty for writing

Posted by Tony Lawrence on September 20, 2001 at 11:11:35:

In Reply to: cant open /dev/tty for writing posted by Graham Mckay on September 20, 2001 at 10:01:08:

:
: Hi

:
: A strange problem. We were backing up to a 12gb dds3 tape fine for a while then it suddenly

: stopped working with the error cant open /dev/tty for writing. this is the script

: find / -depth -print | cpio -ocvB -O /dev/rStp1 and is run via cron. When i run this command manually the error i recieve is

: reached end of medium on ouput.

: This is a 12gb with compression on DDS3 tape drive and the full backup should not fill up the tape.

: Can anybody help

You could help yourself by using the Search before asking.
A search for "can't open tty" would have found /SCOFAQ/scotec1.html#devtty