On Wed May 14 2003 05:29, Nicki Messerschmidt wrote:
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>Hi,
>I think an eject option for amflush would be a very useful thing,
>because one cant do somethin like
>amdump; mt -f /dev/nst0 offline

Why can't you do that?  Some changers, mine included, may be set to 
maintain a loaded tape, so that command acts like a slot next 
command until you find the right dipswitch and shut it off.

>because amflush does some asking an then exits. An I don't like to
> wait for the tape to be rewinded and then ejected. How do you
> think about it?

One can redirect a file containing the right answers to amflush, or 
should be able to anyway.  OTOH, by making use of the autoflush = 
yes option in your amanda.conf, it just does it, or has on those 
occasions where I've had to fix something or added new DLE's, 
throwing the 'balance' off till a new schedule is gradually worked 
out.  In other words, thats still a cron-able item and requires no 
human intervention.

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