sf karel wrote: > On Nov 27, 2008, at 4:49 PM, rory_f wrote: > > > > > > As amanda uses tar, you surely can restore a tape (or a portion of > > a tape, perhaps just a dle?) using the command line 'tar' command, > > right ? > > > > no, amanda doesn't always use tar. See the latter part of the AMANDA > chapter from "Backup and Recovery" for the commands to use "mt" and > "dd" to extract files from the tapes and then use tar from the > command line if that is how the backup was made. > > http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Amanda_chapter_in_Backup_and_Recovery i always do my runs with gnutar and i always observe tar processes on my machines when taping is going on so im sure my backups use tar.
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