> But why exited Amanda by using the commands
> amrestore -p /dev/nst0 gretel | tar -xvf - ./usr/local/sbin/exec or
> amrestore -p /dev/nst0 | tar -xvf - ./usr/local/sbin/exec
> after searching the first dump on tape?
>
> In the first case Amanda should search in all "gretel"-dumps,
> in the second case in all dumps on tape!?
> As I remember, in earlier Amanda-versions this was the normal
> behaviour, and it's described in the manpages!
What ancient version do you use? "man amrestore" (2.4.2p2) says:
OPTIONS
-p Pipe output. The first matching backup image is
sent to standard output, which is normally a pipe
to restore or tar, then amrestore quits. It may be
run again to continue selecting backups to process.
Make sure you specify the no-rewind tapedevice when
doing this.
Note: restore may report "short read" errors when
reading from a pipe. Most versions of restore sup�
port a blocking factor option to let you set the
read block size, and you should set it to 2. See
the example below.
