1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2 <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd"
5 <!-- entities files to use -->
6 <!ENTITY % global_entities SYSTEM '../entities/global.entities'>
10 <refentry id='amraw.8'>
13 <refentrytitle>amraw</refentrytitle>
14 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
20 <refname>amraw</refname>
21 <refpurpose>Amanda Application open and read data</refpurpose>
26 <!-- body begins here -->
28 <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
30 <para>Amraw is an Amanda Application API script. It should not be run
31 by users directly. It uses dd to backup and restore data.</para>
33 <para>Amraw can backup only one directory entry, it can be a single file, a raw device, anything that amanda can open and read.</para>
35 <para>Restore is done in place, an open is done and the data is written to it. A file owned by root and permission 0600 is create if the directory entry doesn't exist before the restore.</para>
37 <para>Only full backup is allowed</para>
40 <refsect1><title>PROPERTIES</title>
42 <para>This section lists the properties that control amgtar's functionality.
43 See <manref name="amanda-applications" vol="7"/>
44 for information on application properties and how they are configured.</para>
46 <!-- PLEASE KEEP THIS LIST IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER -->
49 <varlistentry><term>DIRECTORY</term><listitem>
50 Used only for restore command, can be a device name or file, the data will be restored to it.
51 </listitem></varlistentry>
56 <refsect1><title>EXAMPLE</title>
59 define application-tool app_amraw {
63 A dumptype using this application might look like:
65 define dumptype amraw {
68 application "app_amraw"
71 Note that the <emphasis>program</emphasis> parameter must be set to
72 <emphasis>"APPLICATION"</emphasis> to use the <emphasis>application</emphasis>
78 <manref name="amanda.conf" vol="5"/>,
79 <manref name="amanda-applications" vol="7"/>