.\" Title: amservice
.\" Author: Jean-Louis Martineau <martineau@zmanda.com>
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot_8273 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 11/05/2009
+.\" Date: 06/02/2011
.\" Manual: System Administration Commands
-.\" Source: Amanda 2.6.1p2
+.\" Source: Amanda 3.3.0
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "AMSERVICE" "8" "11/05/2009" "Amanda 2\&.6\&.1p2" "System Administration Commands"
+.TH "AMSERVICE" "8" "06/02/2011" "Amanda 3\&.3\&.0" "System Administration Commands"
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amservice \- run an amanda service on a client
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBamservice\fR\ 'u
-\fBamservice\fR \fIhostname\fR \fIauth\fR \fIservice\fR [\-f\ \fIinput_file\fR] [\-o\ \fIconfigoption\fR]...
+\fBamservice\fR [\-f\ \fIinput_file\fR\ [\-s]] [\fB\-o\fR\ \fIconfigoption\fR...] \fIhostname\fR \fIauth\fR \fIservice\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBAmservice\fR
-execute an
-\fIAmanda\fR
-service on a client\&. It can be used without amanda server configuration (amanda\&.conf and disklist)\&. It can be used to check communication between a server and a client\&. Amservice reads stdin to capture the REQ packet to send to the client\&.
+execute an Amanda service on a client\&. It can be used without amanda server configuration (amanda\&.conf and disklist)\&. It can be used to check communication between a server and a client\&. Amservice reads stdin to capture the REQ packet to send to the client\&.
.PP
See the
\fBamanda\fR(8)
-man page for more details about
-\fIAmanda\fR\&.
+man page for more details about Amanda\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fBhostname\fR
Use the file input_file instead of stdin to read the REQ packet from\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fB\-o\fR \fIconfigoption\fR
+\fB\-s\fR
.RS 4
-See the "\fBCONFIGURATION OVERRIDE\fR" section in
+Redirect the first connected stream to stdin/stdout\&. The \-f argument is required for the REQ packet, the REP packet is not printed on stdout\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-o \fR\fB\fIconfigoption\fR\fR
+.RS 4
+See the "CONFIGURATION OVERRIDE" section in
\fBamanda\fR(8)\&.
.RE
.SH "EXAMPLE"
.PP
The noop service is easy to execute because it does not require a REQ packet:
.nf
-amservice hostname bsdtcp noop < /dev/null.fi
+amservice hostname bsdtcp noop < /dev/null
+.fi
.PP
The example executes the noop service on the client using bsdtcp auth\&. This is useful for debugging connection problems\&. It print an OPTIONS line upon success\&.
.PP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBamanda\fR(8),
+\fBamanda\fR(8),
\fBamcheck\fR(8),
\fBamdump\fR(8),
\fBamadmin\fR(8)
+.PP
+The Amanda Wiki:
+: http://wiki.zmanda.com/
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
\fBJean\-Louis Martineau\fR <\&martineau@zmanda\&.com\&>