"strange output"

[Jeremy L. Mordkoff]

I have added a wrapper to /sbin/dump to lock and unlock my vobs. The output from my script (which I send to stderr) is flagged by Amanda as “strange output”, for example…   FAILED AND STRANGE DUMP DETAILS:   /-- lux2       sda5 lev 1 STRANGE sendbackup: start [lux2:sda5 level 1] sendbackup: info BACKUP=/sbin/dump sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/bin/gzip -dc |/sbin/restore -f... - sendbackup: info COMPRESS_SUFFIX=.gz sendbackup: info end ? SUDO: /vobs/admin ? SUDO: Locked versioned object base "/vobs/admin". ? SUDO: /vobs/client ? SUDO: Locked versioned object base "/vobs/client"   Is there a way to tell Amanda that these lines are expected? Even better would be to tell her that they are required, but I know that’s a bit much to ask, as it would have to be on a per filesystem basis.   I plan to update my script to look like this in an attempt to fool Amanda into thinking its legit output:   sudo -u ccadmin ~ccadmin/lockvobs 2>&1 | perl -n -e 'print "DUMP: $_";' >&2   so that every line will start with “DUMP: “   but this feels like a hack.   Any comments?   JLM   P.S. The worst thing about viruses is the amount of time and bandwidth people spend complaining about them. – JLM         Jeremy Mordkoff Tatara Systems 978-206-0808 (direct) 978-206-0888 (fax)   injustice anywhere threatens justice everywhere -- Dr. Martin Luther King