On Wednesday 05 October 2005 09:24, Paul Bijnens wrote:
> Bernard_Wu AT NCCI DOT COM wrote:
> > Hi List,
> > How can you tell what program Amanda used to do the backup ?
>
> In the dumptype you specify program "gnutar" or "dump".
> That information is also written in the fileheader (first 32k bytes)
> of each backup image on tape (or on holdingdisk).
> When using dump, amanda executes the appropriate dump program
> on the client, suitable for that filesystem
> Use "amadmin version" on that client to find out what dump program it uses.

Also, if you rewind the tape or go to the position of the beginning of the 
backup, you can
  file - < /dev/nst0
repeatedly to see what is there. That and
  mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf 1
when needed to go to the next file in the tape. Of course use your tape device 
instead of /dev/nst0.

jordi