On Thursday 31 January 2002 07:08 pm, Matthew Hall wrote: >Why is this going and deleting all my old index files? Is >there a way to change this behaviour? Some of us do take >tapes out of the changer for offsite storage - now it's >more 'difficult'[1] to restore since amtrmidx decided I >didn't really need my old index files. > >What influences this behaviour? Is there a way to change >it? Is there a way to regenerate the index files from an >existing tape? > >Help, pointers, anything you feel like throwing my way >would be appreciated. > >[1] Now I have to use ufsrestore off the raw tape device, >was hoping to use the easy interface of amrecover.
Generally speaking, amtrmidx will only delete the old index files when that tape has been over-written. Do you have two or more identically named sets of tapes purchance? That will tend to negate any positive karma, and bring Mr. Murphy onto the scene with a powerfull thirst. :-) -- Cheers, Gene AMD K6-III@500mhz 320M Athlon1600XP@1400mhz 512M 98.4+% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a hillbilly
