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Re: amtapetype deleting label?

2004-09-16 10:37:00
Subject: Re: amtapetype deleting label?
From: "Stefan G. Weichinger" <monitor AT oops.co DOT at>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:58:39 +0200
Hi, Jean-Louis,

on Donnerstag, 16. September 2004 at 13:28 you wrote to amanda-users:

JLM> Hi Andreas,

JLM> On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 08:01:18PM +0200, Andreas wrote:
>> >   Normally you only run it on a new installation, or when you install
>> > a new type of drive.  It would be nice if it did check for a label
>> > first and not happily clobber some of your data without warning,
>> > especially since one of Amanda's advertised features is that it
>> > doesn't overwrite active tapes.
>> 
>> Yes, it should IMHO spit out a warning or decline running until the user
>> specifies --force or something.
>> Also, it should be mentioned in the man page.

JLM> The latest amanda snapshot fix this.

Tested this, updated amtapetype-manpage and the tapetype-chapter in
the docs.

-- 
best regards,
Stefan

Stefan G. Weichinger
mailto:monitor AT oops.co DOT at





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