On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 03:55:12PM -0600, Steve Manuel wrote: > > BTW, I don't remember any doc that listed all the dump programs and > their corresponding time-stamp DB. Should this be listed in the man > pages or somewhere else?
IIRC, the various dump programs all maintain their own dumpdate files. I was only assuming that they may not all use /etc/dumpdates. But as amanda does nothing with those files, IMHO, amanda should not document them. Plus, I just looked at 3 different systems, two having backup programs named simply "dump". Each used a different file to store their timestamps. Certainly amanda can't list every OS and FS dump variant and their timestamp file locations. Tar is the odd man out; I doubt it was ever intended to be a system-wide backup program. It doesn't have the capability to record its own backup dates file. So amanda fudges a dumpdates file, by default using /etc/amandates. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
