---
name: "cartready"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "afbackup"
version: "3.5.3-3"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cartready"
---

# cartready(8)

tell the tape server about cartridge changes

## NAME

cartready - tell the tape server about cartridge changes

## SYNOPSIS

**cartready** (No arguments evaluated)

## DESCRIPTION

If you have no cartridge handling system, a human must put the next cartridge into the drive, if necessary. Then the backup- server must get a hint, when the maintainer has done it. This is achieved entering this command on the backup server host, after the new cartridge is inserted. Nonetheless the server process waits a certain timespan, until it accesses the drive the next time (See: "Cart-Insert-Gracetime" in  /usr/server/lib/server.conf).

## FILES

- /usr/server/lib/server.conf

  Server configuration file

- /var/log/afbackup

  The directory for logging the server actions

- /var/lib/afbackup

  Some internal state information of the server.

## SEE ALSO

[afclientconfig(8)](/afclientconfig/8.md), [xafclientconfig(8)](/xafclientconfig/8.md), [full\_backup(8)](/full_backup/8.md), [incr\_backup(8)](/incr_backup/8.md), [afverify(8)](/afverify/8.md), [afrestore(8)](/afrestore/8.md), [xafrestore(8)](/xafrestore/8.md), [update\_indexes(8)](/update_indexes/8.md),  [copy\_tape(8)](/copy_tape/8.md), [afclient.conf(8)](/afclient.conf/8.md), [afserver(8)](/afserver/8.md), [afmserver(8)](/afmserver/8.md), [afserver.conf(8)](/afserver.conf/8.md), [tar(1)](/tar/1.md)

## AUTHOR

**afbackup** was written by Albert Fluegel (af@muc.de). This manpage was extracted from the text docs by Christian Meder  (meder@isr.uni-stuttgart.de).