[ale] Cron scripts and ttys

[John Wells]

Guys,

We have a backup cron script that running on some HP K460s that has worked
well for many years.  In the last few weeks, our backup size has grown
large enough to require two tapes.  Problem is, because this script runs
as a cron job, it's not attached to any tty and there is no way to respond
to the prompt tar throws up to tell you to change media.

Is there anyway, outside of using screen (we've had significant issues
getting it compiled on the HPs) to get a script to run on a tty from cron?

Thanks!

John