On Wed April 23 2003 02:57, Mozzi wrote:
>Hi all
>
>When restoring from an amanda backup how do I specify the date
> from witch I want the backup to be done/searched?
>
>
>Tnx
>
>Mozzi

>From the manpage for amrecover, under the subheading
COMMANDS:

  setdate YYYY-MM-DD
    Set  the  date  (default:  today).   File  listing commands only
    return information on backup images for this day,  for  the  day
    before with the next lower dump level, and so on, until the most
    recent level 0 backup on or before the specified date is encoun-
    tered.

    For example, if:

      1996-07-01 was a level 0 backup
      1996-07-02 through 1996-07-05 were level 1 backups
      1996-07-06 through 1997-07-08 were level 2 backups

      then if 1997-07-08 is the requested date, files from the follow-
      ing days would be used:

         1997-07-08 (the latest level 2 backup)
         1997-07-05 (the latest level 1 backup)
         1997-07-01 (the latest level 0 backup)

      Only the most recent version of a file will be presented.

      The following abbreviated date specifications are accepted:

         --MM-DD
         dates in the current year

         ---DD  dates in the current month of the current year

Note that this is amrecover, not amrestore. amrestore works on
the tape currently in the drive.  Amrecover will tell you what
tapes it needs.

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