> Scanning /the/holdingdisk ...
> 20010328: found Amanda directory. (*)
> 20010416: found Amanda directory.
>...
> (*) these directories are empty.
Just for my own curiosity, why are they still there if they are empty?
> the 'ls' command only shows me a very small part
> of what is supposed to be backed up, I mean only a
> few directories & files out of hundreds.
I take it you're using GNU tar? What version? If it's older than
1.13.17 (even better, 1.13.19), the index files may be corrupt.
Go to your index directory and look at one of the files. If each line
has a very large number on it, that's a symptom of a broken tar.
>Pierre.
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]