Hi 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
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> 
> 
> No, I do not think it is having a problem.  Notice your files 
> are named XYZ".gz.tmp".  The ".tmp" indicates it is a 
> temporary file, possibly existing for only a short time.  In 
> this case, when the index is completed, the file is renamed 
> without the ".tmp".
> 
> The message you are receiving arises because of the way tar works.
> A list of files to be backed up is generated and then the 
> backup is done.  On an active directory tree, it is not 
> uncommon for changes to occur between generating the list and 
> actually backing up the specific files in the list.  
> Certainly, the Amanda directory tree is "active" during an 
> amdump run!!  So such messages should be expected.  Another 
> "strange dump" message you may see is "file changed as we 
> backed it up".

The message is quite disconcerting though.
Based on your analysis I intoduced a new dumptype which should exclude the
temporary index files to be backed up.

define dumptype root-tar-no-index-temp {
    root-tar
    program "GNUTAR"
    comment "root partitions dumped with tar excluding temp files"
    exclude "./etc/amanda/DailySet1/index/*/*/*.tmp"
}

I am using this dumptype now for the amanda server root partition which
holds /etc/amanda, we'll see.

Thanks

Erich


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