>>>>> On Sat, 17 Jan 2004, "Steve" == Steve Manuel wrote:

  Steve> The man page for amanda can be more explict about what backup
  Steve> programs can be used and where they record the time-stamp.

If Amanda is going to modular such that it can use different backup 
programs, it's probably a lot easier to say:

#   record      - record the dump timestamp in the time-stamp-database of the
#                 backup program.  Check the documentation for the 
#                 backup program you are using for more information.

rather than try to keep track of all the different versions of backup 
programs and their corresponding time-stamp db files.
-- 
Seeya,
Paul

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