On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 05:26:59PM -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote:
> 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.

Those lines are what results when you amlabel a tape.  If your
surmisation was correct, amanda would never use any tapes.

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