thanks,
I'll try and tell you how it works
> On 25 Nov 2002 at 3:50pm, briner wrote
> 
> > At each amanda's run, I'm dumping a little bit much more than the size
> > of one Tape(DLT)80Gb . So as an example:
> > -if the size of one tape is 80Gb, 
> > -and that I'm dumping       85Gb,
> 
> Do you want to do this?  If not, then your tapelength is set too high.
The fact is that I'm using an holding disk, So I don't really understand
your comment concerning that I set the tapelength to high....because for
me the tapelength size has to represent the size of the tape!?!, isn'it?
 
> > I will have to use an other 80Gb tape to keep this 5Gb...What a waste!
> > 
> > So I've thought to resolve this problem by appending amdump on 1 tape.
> 
> *snip*

> 
> > any idea, will be really welcome
> 
> 2.4.3 has an 'autoflush' option, which, when set to 'yes', will 
> automatically flush anything on the holding disk next time you 'amdump'.  
> I don't know if it'll do it in the order you want, but it's at least a way 
> of automating what you are now doing by hand.
> 
> -- 
> Joshua Baker-LePain
> Department of Biomedical Engineering
> Duke University
> 
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