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Re: amtapetype deleting label?

2004-09-16 07:35:43
Subject: Re: amtapetype deleting label?
From: Jean-Louis Martineau <martinea AT iro.umontreal DOT ca>
To: Andreas <andreas AT inferno.nadir DOT org>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 07:28:06 -0400
Hi Andreas,

On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 08:01:18PM +0200, Andreas wrote:
> >   Normally you only run it on a new installation, or when you install
> > a new type of drive.  It would be nice if it did check for a label
> > first and not happily clobber some of your data without warning,
> > especially since one of Amanda's advertised features is that it
> > doesn't overwrite active tapes.
> 
> Yes, it should IMHO spit out a warning or decline running until the user
> specifies --force or something.
> Also, it should be mentioned in the man page.

The latest amanda snapshot fix this.

Jean-Louis

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