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Re: Question about /home/amanda/20020904/ directory

2002-09-04 08:57:40
Subject: Re: Question about /home/amanda/20020904/ directory
From: Joshua Baker-LePain <jlb17 AT duke DOT edu>
To: "Martinez, Michael - CSREES/ISTM" <MMARTINEZ AT intranet.reeusda DOT gov>
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 08:47:47 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 4 Sep 2002 at 8:34am, Martinez, Michael - CSREES/ISTM wrote

> Is the /home/amanda/20020904/ (or whatever date on a particular day)
> directory a temporary directory used by amanda during the backup process?
> 
> I had never noticed these directories before, until a couple days ago. 

If /home/amanda is your holding disk, then that directory will contain 
dumps that didn't make it to tape.  Your report email should have told you 
that you need to run amflush.

If it's empty, then something isn't quite cleaning up after itself 
properly.

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University


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