sf karel wrote:
> On Nov 27, 2008, at 4:49 PM, rory_f wrote:
> 
> 
> > 
> > As amanda uses tar, you surely can restore a tape (or a portion of  
> > a tape, perhaps just a dle?) using the command line 'tar' command,  
> > right ?
> > 
> 
> no, amanda doesn't always use tar. See the latter part of the AMANDA  
> chapter from "Backup and Recovery" for the commands to use "mt" and  
> "dd" to extract files from the tapes and then use tar from the  
> command line if that is how the backup was made.
> 
> http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Amanda_chapter_in_Backup_and_Recovery
i always do my runs with gnutar and i always observe tar processes on my 
machines when taping is going on so im sure my backups use tar.

thanks for the link

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