>... Filemarks seperate files on tape, and because amanda stores >each disk in the disklist in a seperate file on tape, it must account >for any loss of capacity due to filemarks when estimating. ...
Right. >IIRC though >this value is not currently used by or necessary for amanda so it's >perfectly safe to set it to zero ... Amanda most definitely uses the value when calculating what will fit on a tape. The value zero can literally mean tape marks take up no space (actually, less than a KByte). Some tape technologies record file mark information in special tracks separate from the data, so they don't take up any (data) space, hence the appearance that they are zero length. >Brandon D. Valentine John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]