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Re: Two more amanda questions

2003-02-26 19:51:24
Subject: Re: Two more amanda questions
From: Dave Sherohman <dsherohman AT westling DOT com>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 17:26:59 -0600
On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 01:38:46PM -0800, John Oliver wrote:
> I thought amanda would just read from the bottom of the list.

Nope, amanda goes by date first.  List position is only significant
when 2 or more tapes have the same last-used date.

> When it
> was done with tape 009, 010 was at the bottom of the list and was used.
> Now 010 is done, and 011 is at the bottom of the list.  Why isn't it
> just taking that, instead of "trying to read my mind"? :-)

Just a guess, but I'd say it's because "0" is not a valid date, so
those lines are being ignored completely.

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