Hi Adnan,
Try this patch, tell me it works.
Jean-Louis
On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 03:26:56PM -0700, Adnan Olia wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a question. Can you run amverify on a tapeless
> backup in
> Amanda. I have no tape drives or tape changes and I
> am backing up
> my machines completely on my amanda server.
>
> When I run:
> amverify DailySet1
> I get:
> No tape changer...
> Not a character special device: file:/home/backup
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated
>
> Adnan
>
>
>
>
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--- server-src/amverify.sh.in.orig Sun Sep 8 19:44:45 2002
+++ server-src/amverify.sh.in Sun Sep 8 19:45:01 2002
@@ -264,9 +264,6 @@
[ X"$DEVICE" = X"" ] \
&& $Echoe "No tape device..." \
&& exit 1
- [ ! -c $DEVICE ] \
- && $Echoe "Not a character special device: $DEVICE" \
- && exit 1
$Echoe "Tape device is $DEVICE..."
SLOTS=1
else
