On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Adam Haberlach wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 11:25:34AM -0500, Mitch Collinsworth wrote:
> > 
> > On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Travis Rail wrote:
> > 
> > > All,
> > > Is there any way that Amanda can backup specific file directories?
> > > Every time I try to back up a single directory I get the following:
> > > 
> > > mercury    /var/qmail lev 0 FAILED [/sbin/dump returned 1]
> > 
> > use tar rather than dump if you want to dump something less than
> > a full filesystem.
> 
>       Can I get a bit more information?  How do I do this?  I'm about
> to start backing up from a Solaris machine to a Linux machine, and I'm
> not sure if the dumps are compatible (and I'd like to be able to dump
> on a per-directory basis, too).

In your disklist specify a dumptype that includes 'program "GNUTAR"'
rather than 'program "DUMP"'.  Dumptypes are defined in your amanda.conf.

-Mitch

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