On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 at 10:57am, Kurt Yoder wrote > sendsize[7578]: time 0.020: calculating for amname '/', dirname '/', > spindle -1 > sendsize[7578]: time 0.020: getting size via dump for / level 0 > sendsize[7578]: time 0.020: calculating for device '/' with '' > sendsize[7578]: time 0.022: running "/bin/dump 0Esf 1048576 - /" > sendsize[7578]: time 0.023: running /usr/local/libexec/killpgrp > sendsize[7578]: time 0.137: Usage: dump [-?CDVcgl -L[v] -a[v] -f[v] > -h[dnv] -o[v] -r[dnv] -s[dnv] -t[nv] -T index1[, index2]] file(s) > .. *snip*
> Notice line 6 "Usage: " message. Perhaps dump is not acting the way > amanda expects? Is this my problem? I had trouble getting gnu tar to > compile, but maybe I should try again so I can use it instead of > dump. Yup, that's definitely the problem. Is amanda picking the right dump for your filesystem? You can tell by the output of ./configure (it might also be in the amandad*debug files -- I'm not sure). tar is nice for being so cross platform. If you can get that to go, it might be your better option. -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University