The typical "example" amanda configuration is
'DailySet1'. To much typing for me, so I normally
use 'DS1'.
Thinking some amanda commands let you skip the config
argument and default to a "coded-in" 'DailySet1' I
was looking for how to define the default when using
pre-built binaries. Looking at manpages, such cmds
are few to non-existant, so this point is moot.
However looking at the manpages showed great variety
is how different commands accept the <config> argument.
It seems something so basic should be more consistant.
Here are some samples, note this is based on the manpages
which we all know sometimes lag the actual code.
# --config not required, <config> required
amstatus [--config] <config>
# --config not allowed, <config> required
amdump <config>
amcheck <config>
# --config not allowed, <config> optional
amreport [<config>] # optional if in config dir
# with the amanda.conf
# <config> not required, --config required IF <config> is given
amrestore [--config <config>]
amdump_client [--config <config>]
That's a lot of variability for something so important.
Jon
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