Re: amanda clears restored file.

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Guy Dallaire wrote:


2005/11/25, Stefan G. Weichinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>:

 

    Might sound strange, but are you sure that you use the non-rewinding
    tape-device when using amrecover?

    Stefan


Why would amanda erase what it extracted in this case ? In the worst 
case, what I would expect is amanda giving some sort of error instead

I once noticed the behavior that amrecover restored the requested files 
(by doing an amrestore in the back) and when it had finished restoring 
the related tar-file the usage of the rewinding tape-device caused the 
tapedrive to rewind so amrestore found the same tar-file "again" and 
started overwriting the already restored directory.

This was particularly annoying at the time I learnt about that: 
restoring from the last good tape at a client's site, and this tape was 
his last hope ... after a night of shoeshining I noticed the missing "n" 
in the devicefile used ;) after all it was a successful restore, yes.

But as I read in the other reply, Francesc uses the proper nonrewinding 
device ...

Stefan.