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.\" Title: amtape
.\" Author: Dustin J. Mitchell <dustin@zmanda.com>
-.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot_8273 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 10/18/2010
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.76.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 02/21/2012
.\" Manual: System Administration Commands
-.\" Source: Amanda 3.2.0
+.\" Source: Amanda 3.3.1
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "AMTAPE" "8" "10/18/2010" "Amanda 3\&.2\&.0" "System Administration Commands"
+.TH "AMTAPE" "8" "02/21/2012" "Amanda 3\&.3\&.1" "System Administration Commands"
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+.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
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+.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
+.el .ds Aq '
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amtape \- Control Amanda changers
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBamtape\fR\ 'u
-\fBamtape\fR \fIconfig\fR \fIsubcommand\fR [\fIsubcommand_options\fR...] [\fB\-o\fR\ \fIconfigoption\fR...]
+\fBamtape\fR [\fB\-o\fR\ \fIconfigoption\fR...] \fIconfig\fR \fIsubcommand\fR [\fIsubcommand_options\fR...]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBAmtape\fR
-is the command\-line interface to Amanda\'s tape changers (\fBamanda-changers\fR(7)) and to the taperscan algorithm (\fBamanda-taperscan\fR(7))\&.
+is the command\-line interface to Amanda\*(Aqs tape changers (\fBamanda-changers\fR(7)) and to the taperscan algorithm (\fBamanda-taperscan\fR(7))\&.
.PP
Tape changers maintain a notion of the
\fIcurrent\fR
.PP
\fBinventory\fR
.RS 4
-Show the contents of all slots, based on the changer\'s cached metadata\&. This is a quick operation as it does not load or unload any volumes, but is not supported by all changers\&.
+Show the contents of all slots, based on the changer\*(Aqs cached metadata\&. This is a quick operation as it does not load or unload any volumes, but is not supported by all changers\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fBshow\fR
+\fBshow\fR [slots]
.RS 4
-Show the contents of all slots by loading each slot and reading its label\&. This can be very slow\&.
+Show the contents of all slots (or listed slots) by loading each slot and reading its label\&. This can be very slow\&. The slots arguments is of the form 1,3\-5,7\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBreset\fR