> >
> >The default amanda.conf file (Amanda 2.4.4) uses the following dumptype 
> >format...
> >
> >define dumptype user-tar {
> >    program "GNUTAR"
> >    comment "Partitions dumped with tar"
> >    options no-compress, index, exclude-list "/etc/amanda/exclude.gtar"
> >}
> 
> If you put it like that, that's not the correct syntax.
> Doesn't amcheck complain?  Did I miss something in the manual?
> 
> The above should be written as:
> 
>   define dumptype user-tar {
>      program "GNUTAR"
>      comment "Partitions dumped with tar"
>      compress none
>      index yes
>      exclude list "/etc/amanda/exclude.gtar"
>   }
>       
> 

The example I included was unmodified from the DailySet1/amanda.conf that was
installed with amanda.

I've added "index yes" to each dumptype. Amrecover still doesn't see the
index files, which appear to be being created properly. Not sure why yet.

Thanks

-- 
Jack Baty
Fusionary Media - http://www.fusionary.com/

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