Hi,

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?

Yes, these are the directorys amanda creates during the backup-process to
spool the tar/dump images before writing them to tape.
If a tape error (like eot/eom) occures during the backup, the left over
degraded-mode dumpes will sit in these directorys waiting to be flushed to
tape by amflush.

If the amdump-run succeeds completly amanda deletes these directorys
at the end.
Christoph

I had never noticed these directories before, until a couple days ago.

Michael Martinez
System Administrator
Information Systems and Technology Management
CSREES - United States Department of Agriculture

(202) 720-6223