[cc -hackers]
[followups should probably go to -hackers, I guess?]

Jon LaBadie wrote:
> For consistancy the various dump programs should have their
> dumpdate database files configurable too.  However, amanda
> has no control over where these dump programs save their
> dumpdates so that would not be possible.

OK, what about this for a concept:

* We pass a string which identifies the set (ie, the Config
name) from the server to the client
* The client appends this to the GNUTAR_LISTED_INCREMENTAL_DIR
arg passed to gnutar.

Potentially other dump programs could make use of this info
too, so the enhancement isn't *completely* gnutar-specific.

If someone *does* decide down the track to pull the
GNUTAR_LISTED_INCREMENTAL_DIR into amanda.conf, this change
would happily coexist with it, too.

Does anyone see any reason why this isn't feasible? Would
a patch to implement this have half a chance of being
accepted into the amanda codebase?
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