bkoper(1M)      UNIX System V(System Administration Utilities)       bkoper(1M)


NAME
      bkoper - interact with backup operations to service media insertion
      prompts

SYNOPSIS
      bkoper [-u users]

DESCRIPTION
      Backup operations may require an operator to insert media and to confirm
      proper volume labels.  The bkoper command provides a mailx-like interface
      for these operator interactions.  It begins by printing a list of
      headers.  Each header describes a backup operation requiring interaction,
      the device requiring attention including the media type and label of the
      volume to be inserted (see EXAMPLE).  The system displays prompts and the
      operator issues commands to resolve the backup operation.  Typing a
      carriage return invokes the current header.  If no headers have been
      serviced, the current header is the first header on the list.  If a
      header has been selected and serviced, the current header is the next one
      following.

      bkoper may be executed only by a user with superuser privilege.  By
      default, the operator may interact only with backup operations that were
      started by the same user ID .

      If the -u users option is given, the operator interacts only with backup
      operations started by the specified user(s).

   Commands
      !shell-command
                Escapes to the shell.  The remainder of the line after the ! is
                sent to the UNIX system shell (sh) to be interpreted as a
                command.

      =         Prints the current backup operation number.

      ?         Prints this summary of commands.

      [p|t] [n] Both the p and t options operate in the same way.  Either
                option will interact with the backup operation described by the
                n'th header.  n defaults to the current header number.

      h         Prints the list of backup operations.

      q         Quits from bkoper.

DIAGNOSTICS
      The exit codes for bkoper are the following:

      0 = successful completion of the task
      1 = one or more parameters to bkoper are invalid.
      2 = an error has occurred which caused bkoper to fail to
            complete all portions of its task.


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bkoper(1M)      UNIX System V(System Administration Utilities)       bkoper(1M)


EXAMPLE
      A sample header is shown below.  Items appearing in the header are listed
      in the following order:  header number, job-ID, tag, originating device,
      destination group, destination device, destination volume labels.  [See
      bkreg(1M) for descriptions of items.]  Not every header contains values
      for all these fields; if a destination group is not specified in
      /etc/bkup/bkreg.tab, then no value for ``destination group'' appears in
      the header.

       1 back-111 usrsun /dev/dsk/c1d0s1  disk /dev/dsk/c2d1s9 usrsave
       2 back-112 fs2daily /dev/dsk/c1d0s8 ctape /dev/ctape/c4d0s2 -

      Backup headers are numbered on the basis of arrival; the oldest header
      has the lowest number.  If the destination device does not have a volume
      label, a dash is displayed in the header.

SEE ALSO
      bkreg(1M), bkstatus(1M), getvol(1M), mailx(1).




































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