>here is a sample of the gnutar list for 1.13 (looks bad) :
>
>2555905 43008 ./kretzsch/mail/communication_OBS
>2555905 40960 ./kretzsch/mail/SOHO-news
That's the wrong file. I'm talking about the index files. Those look
like the incremental list file. Look up the indexdir value from
amanda.conf and check down in there.
>Is there any document dealing with the advantages/disadvantages
>of using gtar or the system's dump/restore?
This has been discussed over and over on this mailing list. Check the
archives.
>I also believe that a gtar archive could be extracted from nearly
>any platform, but a classic dump archive won't because it's
>OS specific. (true/false?)
Pretty much true. Sometimes dump format can be read between platforms,
but you should not plan on it.
>Pierre.
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
