library_contents(5)

📦 version 1.72_release+6.a11b6777660b, in opensuse-leap 16.0

💖 library_contents — the manual page for library_contents(5) 💖

okay so bestie, this is library_contents(5), and it's literally the whole cheat sheet for the config file that vtllibrary(1) reads. pull up a chair, we're doing this together 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

library_contents — the configuration file for vtllibrary(1), no cap 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So this is the config file for the vtllibrary daemon (which is part of the Virtual Tape Library, iykyk). It's giving very simple: one line per entry. periodt.

It contains the following sections — and listen, only the Slot section should be populated with additional information (barcodes). The other sections are literally just place holders, they're there for the vibes and nothing else. like, for example: if you wanna change the number of MAP slots within the VTL, you just go change the number of entries in this config file. that's the whole move 🎀

  • Drive # — note: set the serial number of the drive in device.conf ✨
  • Picker # — just a place holder, bestie
  • MAP # — also just a place holder, she's standing there
  • Slot # [Barcode] — okay this is the main character 👑 where [Barcode] can be any ASCII string from 1 to 12 chars in length. If there is no Barcode defined for the Slot number, the slot is taken to be empty. that's it, that's the rule 💀

🦋 AUTHOR 🦋

Written by Mark Harvey 💜

😭 BUGS 😭

  • This man page. (not me calling myself out 🙈)
  • No version information.
  • Config file not xml.
  • vtllibrary(1) needs to be restarted to read any changes made. like actually restart it, she will not pick up your edits otherwise 🔥

🎀 REPORTING BUGS 🎀

Report bugs to <markh794@gmail.com> — drop 'em right in the inbox 💌

Copyright © 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. like, zero, none, nada 🫶

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

make_vtl_media(1), mktape(1), vtlcmd(1), vtllibrary(1), vtltape(1), device.conf(5)

and that's the whole page bestie, go forth and barcode your slots 💅✨ this was mhvtl 1.72_release+6.a11b6777660..., dated May 2025 — periodt, we're done here 🎀💖

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