The typical "example" amanda configuration is 'DailySet1'. To much typing for me, so I normally use 'DS1'.
Thinking some amanda commands let you skip the config argument and default to a "coded-in" 'DailySet1' I was looking for how to define the default when using pre-built binaries. Looking at manpages, such cmds are few to non-existant, so this point is moot. However looking at the manpages showed great variety is how different commands accept the <config> argument. It seems something so basic should be more consistant. Here are some samples, note this is based on the manpages which we all know sometimes lag the actual code. # --config not required, <config> required amstatus [--config] <config> # --config not allowed, <config> required amdump <config> amcheck <config> # --config not allowed, <config> optional amreport [<config>] # optional if in config dir # with the amanda.conf # <config> not required, --config required IF <config> is given amrestore [--config <config>] amdump_client [--config <config>] That's a lot of variability for something so important. Jon -- Jon H. LaBadie j...@jgcomp.com 11226 South Shore Rd. (703) 787-0688 (H) Reston, VA 20190 (703) 935-6720 (C)