Hi Gnutar doesn't keep a date file, it keep many state file in the gnutar-lists directory.
Amanda keep it's /etc/amandates files but it is not use. Jean-Louis On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 09:23:23AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 20:15:19 +0100 > "Stefan G. Weichinger" said: > > >It says: > > > >> record - record the dump in /etc/dumpdates. Default: [record yes] > > > >which may lead to assume it doesn�t matter for GNUtar as has happened > >for Steve in this case. > > Not only that, but: > > Jon> Tar is the odd man out; I doubt it was ever intended to be a > Jon> system-wide backup program. It doesn't have the capability to > Jon> record its own backup dates file. So amanda fudges a dumpdates > Jon> file, by default using /etc/amandates. > > yet, I can't find a *date* file on any of my clients which is > touched by amanda. I'm using gnutar exclusively for backups, and > have 2 sets (daily incrementals and weekly archivals) of backups > running. No where do I have 'record no' being used. > > This leads me to believe that there's something monumentally wrong > with my config, gnutar doesn't require a date file of any kind, or, > amanda keeps track of gnutar backup dates elsewhere. > > Btw, Debian/stable, amanda-2.4.4p1, tar 1.13.25-2. > -- > Seeya, > Paul > > GPG Key fingerprint = 1660 FECC 5D21 D286 F853 E808 BB07 9239 53F1 28EE > > If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right! > -- Jean-Louis Martineau email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] D�partement IRO, Universit� de Montr�al C.P. 6128, Succ. CENTRE-VILLE Tel: (514) 343-6111 ext. 3529 Montr�al, Canada, H3C 3J7 Fax: (514) 343-5834
