Stefan,

The settape section of the man page for amrecover says:
             
"settape [[server]:][tapedev|default]

If  you  want amrecover to use your changer, the tapedev must be equal
to the amrecover_changer setting on the server."

I used this setting in amanda.conf:

amrecover_changer chg-disk

then, in amrecover:

settape chg-disk

and the extract invokes the chg-disk script and sets the "./data"
sym-link to the correct slot automatically. Very nice!

Marc.
                                                                                
                                                    

It appears that using "settape chg-disk" in amrecover 
On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 09:17, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> Hi, Marc,
> 
> on Donnerstag, 22. Jänner 2004 at 16:59 you wrote to amanda-users:
> 
> ML> I'm using the chg-disk changer. Does amrecover use the changer script?
> 
> Good question. There is the parameter amrecover_changer which
> explicitly sets the changer used. Maybe you try to set this in your
> conf.
> 
> ML> And would it be possible to modify the script to choose the correct
> ML> slot?
> 
> As soon as I know it I will tell you ;)
> Practically YES, it is possible.