-regular expression option\. It is up to the system administrator to define a naming convention\.
-.PP
-\fBAmlabel\fR
-appends the new tape to the
-\fItapelist\fR
-file so it will be used by
-\fIAmanda\fR
-before it reuses any other tapes\. When you
-\fBamlabel\fR
-multiple tapes, they will be used in the order you
+(see
+\fBamanda.conf\fR(5))\&.
+.PP
+If
+[\fIlabel\fR]
+is not given, an autolabel is generated, see
+\fBautolabel\fR
+in
+\fBamanda.conf\fR(5)\&.
+.PP
+If
+[\fB\-\-assign\fR]
+is given, the barcode and meta\-label are assigned to the label without labeling the volume\&. The label must already be in the tapelist file\&.
+.PP
+This command also appends the new volume to the
+\fBtapelist\fR(5)
+file, so that they will be used in the order they are labeled (depending on the taperscan in use \(em see
+\fBamanda-taperscan\fR(7))\&.
+.PP
+As a precaution,