On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 07:09:13AM -0400, Jean-Louis Martineau wrote:
> amverify try to match the name of the program with tar/gtar/gnutar.
> Your /usr/local/bin/gtar should work but not /usr/local/bin/mygtar,
> you must add mygtar to the list.

What 'list' ?

> 
> But this features was added after 2.4.2p2
> 
> Jean-Louis
> 
> Olivier Nicole wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >This may be because I am using a prehistoric version of Amanda
> >(2.4.2p2) but, after I make a dump, I make a verify.
> >
> >Some of the DLE cannot be verified becausethe client has been compile
> >to use a GNU tar that is different from the one used when compiling
> >the server: different meaning that the tar binary has a diferent path.
> >
> >So I get the kind of following results:
> >
> >Checked alhazen.desktops._home_mdailey_Projects.20060928.1
> >Skipped ufo1000._web.20060928.1 (** Cannot do /usr/local/bin/mygtar dumps)
> >Skipped mailback._usr.20060928.0 (** Cannot do /usr/local/bin/gtar dumps)
> >Checked alhazen.desktops._.20060928.0
> >
> >- /usr/local/bin/mygtar is a tar wrapper
> >
> >- mailback has been build to use /usr/local/bin/gtar instead of
> >  /usr/local/bin/tar
> >
> >By using a tar wrapper, one could provide just any archive format he
> >wishes and there is no way that the good old tar on the server would
> >know what to do with it. 
> >
> >But I beleive that this is a very rare case and that for most of us,
> >that the client uses /bin/tar, /usr/local/bin/gtar or
> >/usr/local/bin/tarwrapp or whatever, the file is in tar format; so the
> >good old tar on the server should be able to amverify it.
> >
> >And just in case the file is really not in tar format, then the verify
> >would issue a "Cannot do /usr/local/bin/mygtar dumps" warning. And
> >checking if the fileis not in tar format could be done 2 ways: with
> >the file(1) command or with runing tar and receiving an error.
> >
> >OK, that would really improve amverify (and amrestore I beleive) if
> >that is not included in more recent versions of Amanda.
> >
> >Best regards,
> >
> >Olivier
> >  
> 
> 
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