"John R. Jackson" wrote:
>
> >But I just archived that dir to disk using tar and it got all the files
> >fine.
>
> And did you do it the same way Amanda does, i.e. with all the listed
> incremental type flags it hands to GNU tar? That's where a lot of the
> problems are, not in just basic tar operations.
Is the actual (eg, tar) command used by amdump recorded? Where?
> >I downgraded my (gnu) tar to v1.12 last week because
> >http://www.amanda.org/patches.html says "there are a couple of other
> >problems in release 1.13 ... so its use is not recommended."
>
> As I understand it (I don't use GNU tar), the latest (.17 or .19)
> versions are probably OK. We should probably update the web page.
>
> But going back to 1.12 plus the Amanda patch (you did apply them, didn't
> you?) is also OK.
Yes, patch applied.
> In my (very public :-) opinion, you should **NOT** rewind or reload an
> Amanda tape, fsf to the "end" and then write some information, unless
> you really, really know what you're doing and can verify at least 10
> different ways that you're actually at the end of tape.
Good to know, thx.
> >george
>
> John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
