On Monday 05 October 2009, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote: >On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: >> Now, I realize that when amdump calls it, it has knowledge of the >> logfiles full name, but ISTR it used to be hand runnable with nothing >> more than an >> >> su amanda -c "amreport Daily" >> >> and it would do the most recent backup. > >Nope -- the behavior you're observing has been the case as long as I >can remember. > Gah, CRS? Maybe it was amplot, which I haven't exercised in ages, too hard to decode.
>> I believe this behavior can be restored if $logdir/'log' was made into a >> softlink that was updated when the new long named logfile was started, >> and would then be good till the next run, in a manner similar to the use >> of the 'data' link now used in the vtape setup. Can this be managed for >> the next snapshot? > >This gets into some of the old, crufty, hairy parts of Amanda. That >"log" file actually doubles as the lock that prevents other Amanda >operations from overlapping with a running dump, so converting it to a >symlink is not an option. I see. Reading between the lines then, when amdump is running, it is actually named 'log' and is renamed when amdump is finished? If I'm awake (doubtful) I'll look while its running. >Amreport is not meant to be run by hand, just like amtrmidx and its >ilk, so I don't see a strong need to "fix" this to search for the >latest completed logfile. > >I'm glad to hear that it produced appropriate results when run with >the correct logfile. Well, I figured that amdump would know how to make it work, so I did what amdump might have done. :) I do manage to guess this stuff occasionally. :) >Dustin > -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> QOTD: "When she hauled ass, it took three trips."
