Before deciding to use amrmtape I tried using its "--dryrun" option. According to the manpage:
--dryrun, -n Generate new tapelist(5) and database files with label removed, but leave them in /tmp and do not update the original copies. While the originals were not touched, there were no modified versions in /tmp, /tmp/amanda, or /var/tmp. Jon -- Jon H. LaBadie j...@jgcomp.com 11226 South Shore Rd. (703) 787-0688 (H) Reston, VA 20190 (703) 935-6720 (C)