On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 12:17:18PM -0500, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> I can't see anything that would cause problems if you delete
> [unneeded dumps that are still in holding disk].
> Others may.

The curinfo database will still think the dumps exist, won't it?
That might confuse amrecover until the dumps in question have
been superceded by newer ones (i.e. at same or lower dump level).
Then again, maybe these particular dumps have already been
superceded -- maybe that's why they're unneeded in the first
place.

How long would it take for this discrepancy to clear itself up?
(I know the answer for dumps that *have* been taped -- until the
tape gets overwritten one tapecycle hence.  How does it work for
untaped dumps like these?)

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