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.TH "AMVERIFY" 8 "" "" ""
.SH NAME
amverify \- check an Amanda tape for errors
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBamverify\fR \fIconfig\fR [\fIslot\fR\ [\fIruntapes\fR]]
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"

.PP
\fBAmverify\fR reads an Amanda format tape and makes sure each backup image can be processed by \fBamrestore\fR and, if possible, the appropriate restore program (e\&.g\&. \fBtar\fR)\&.

.PP
\fBAmverify\fR runs \fBamrestore\fR on each file of the tape and pipes the output to a restore program (if available) with an option to create a catalogue of the backup\&. The catalogue itself is discarded\&. Only the success or failure of the operation itself is reported\&.

.PP
If the backup image cannot be processed by the restore program, e\&.g\&. if it was written on a different operating system, the image is sent through \fBdd\fR to /dev/null\&. This still determines if the tape is readable, but does not do any internal consistency check on the image\&.

.PP
If \fBconfig\fR is set up to use a tape changer, the \fBslot\fR argument may be used to choose the first tape to process\&. Otherwise, the \fBcurrent\fR slot is used\&.

.PP
The \fBruntapes\fR configuration parameter determines how many tapes are processed unless it is specified on the command line\&.

.PP
See the \fBamanda\fR(8) man page for more details about Amanda\&.

.SH "AUTHOR"

.PP
Axel Zinser <fifi@icem\&.de> : Original text

.PP
Stefan G\&. Weichinger, <sgw@amanda\&.org>, maintainer of the \fBAMANDA\fR\-documentation: XML\-conversion

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.PP
\fBamrestore\fR(8), \fBamanda\fR(8), \fBamverifyrun\fR(8)