Several Amanda commands allow the user to specify dumps using "match expressions"\&. This manual page describes the syntax of these expressions\&.
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In some places, only certain match expressions are allowed\&. However, several commands take a dump specification ("dumpspec") consisting of a sequence of several expressions intended to match particular dumps in the catalog\&. Other applications take a DLE specification which indicates a set of DLEs to be operated on\&. These formats are described below\&.
Several Amanda commands allow the user to specify dumps using "match expressions"\&. This manual page describes the syntax of these expressions\&.
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In some places, only certain match expressions are allowed\&. However, several commands take a dump specification ("dumpspec") consisting of a sequence of several expressions intended to match particular dumps in the catalog\&. Other applications take a DLE specification which indicates a set of DLEs to be operated on\&. These formats are described below\&.