parameter pair operate on all disks in the &disklist; for that
<emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis> if no disks are specified. Where
<emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis> is also marked as being optional,
-the command operates on all hosts and disks in the &disklist;.
+the command operates on all hosts and disks in the &disklist; when no hostname is given.
Both <emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis> and <emphasis remap='I'>disks</emphasis>
-are special expressions; see the "HOST & DISK EXPRESSION" section
-of <manref name="amanda" vol="8"/>
-for a description.</para>
-
-<para>Commands that take one or more <emphasis remap='I'>dumpspec</emphasis> parameters operate
-on the set of dumps specified by all of the expressions. See the "DUMP SPECIFICATIONS"
-section of
-<manref name="amanda" vol="8"/>
-for a description.</para>
+are match expressions; see <manref name="amanda-match" vol="7"/> for a description.</para>
<variablelist remap='TP'>
<varlistentry>
<term><emphasis remap='B'>holding list</emphasis> [-l] [-d] [ <emphasis remap="I">hostname</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap="I">disk</emphasis> [ <emphasis remap="I">datestamp</emphasis> [ .. ] ] ] ]</term>
<listitem>
- <para>List holding files matching the given specification, or all holding
- files if no specification is provided. With '-l', additional information
- (size, level, and whether the dump is outdated) is provided. With '-d', only
- outdated dumps are shown.</para>
+ <para>List holding files matching the given dump specification, or all
+ holding files if no specification is provided. See <manref
+ name="amanda-match" vol="7"/> for more information on dump
+ specifications. With '-l', additional information (size, level, and
+ whether the dump is outdated) is provided. With '-d', only outdated
+ dumps are shown.</para>
<para>An outdated holding file is one which is not required for a
restore of the <emphasis>most recent</emphasis> dump. Note that
<emphasis remap='I'>hostname</emphasis>
(or all hosts).
Mostly used for debugging.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='B'>hosts</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem>
+<para>Output a list of distinct hosts in the &disklist;, one per line, for easy use in shell scripts.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><emphasis remap='B'>dles</emphasis></term>
+ <listitem>
+<para>Output a list of distinct DLEs in the &disklist;, one per line with host and diskname separated by a space, for easy use in shell scripts.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
</programlisting>
</refsect1>
-<refsect1><title>FILES</title>
-<para>/usr/local/etc/amanda/<emphasis remap='I'>config</emphasis>/amanda.conf</para>
-</refsect1>
-
<seealso>
<manref name="amanda" vol="8"/>,
<manref name="amcheck" vol="8"/>,
<manref name="amdump" vol="8"/>,
<manref name="amrestore" vol="8"/>,
<manref name="amfetchdump" vol="8"/>
+<manref name="amanda-match" vol="7"/>,
</seealso>
</refentry>