On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 02:03:39PM -0500, Jon LaBadie wrote: > On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 12:35:28PM -0600, Steve Manuel wrote: > > > > Sure, I'll do that and let the list know. For the record (no pun > > intended), where in the docs does is say that GNUtar need the > > parameter "record" set to yes? I assumed it was only for DUMP? Where I > > got that assumption I don't remember. However, if this works maybe > > this should be more explicitly stated? > > >From "man amanda" > > record "boolean" > Default: yes. Whether to ask the backup program to > update its database (e.g. /etc/dumpdates) of time > stamps. This is normally enabled for daily backups and > turned off for periodic archival runs. > > It would be tough to list the database name for every > dump program out there (dump, ufsdump, xfsdump, ...). > So it says "e.g." (such as), not exclusively or limited to.
You have a point. However, It should be more clear that this parameter is neccessary for incremental dumps to work correctly. BTW, I don't remember any doc that listed all the dump programs and their corresponding time-stamp DB. Should this be listed in the man pages or somewhere else? -- Steve Manuel System Administrator FanBuzz Inc.
