.\" Title: amtapetype
.\" Author: Dustin J. Mitchell <dustin@zmanda.com>
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot_8273 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 04/10/2009
+.\" Date: 06/02/2011
.\" Manual: System Administration Commands
-.\" Source: Amanda 2.6.1p1
+.\" Source: Amanda 3.3.0
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "AMTAPETYPE" "8" "04/10/2009" "Amanda 2\&.6\&.1p1" "System Administration Commands"
+.TH "AMTAPETYPE" "8" "06/02/2011" "Amanda 3\&.3\&.0" "System Administration Commands"
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amtapetype \- generate a tapetype definition by testing the device directly
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBamtapetype\fR\ 'u
-\fBamtapetype\fR [\-h] [\-c] [\-f] [\-b\ \fIblocksize\fR] [\-t\ \fItypename\fR] [\-l\ \fIlabel\fR] [\-o\ \fIconfig_overwrite\fR] [\fIdevice\fR]
+\fBamtapetype\fR [\-h] [\-c] [\-f] [\-p] [\-b\ \fIblocksize\fR] [\-t\ \fItypename\fR] [\-l\ \fIlabel\fR] [\fB\-o\fR\ \fIconfigoption\fR...] [\fIconfig\fR] [\fIdevice\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBamtapetype\fR
-generates a tapetype entry for
-\fIAmanda\fR
-by testing the device directly
+generates a tapetype entry for Amanda by testing the device directly\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.if n \{\
.sp
.PP
\fB\-f\fR
.RS 4
-Run amtapetype even if the loaded volume is already in use or compression is enabled\&.
+Run amtapetype even if the loaded volume is already labeled\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-p\fR
+.RS 4
+Run only the device property discovery\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-b\fR\fI blocksize\fR
Label to write on the tape (default is randomly generated)\&.
.RE
.PP
-\fB\-o\fR \fIconfigoption\fR
+\fB\-o \fR\fB\fIconfigoption\fR\fR
.RS 4
-See the "\fBCONFIGURATION OVERRIDE\fR" section in
+See the "CONFIGURATION OVERRIDE" section in
\fBamanda\fR(8)\&.
.RE
+.PP
+If a configuration is specified, it is loaded and used to configure the device\&. Note that global configuration parameters are not applied to the device, so if you need to apply properties to a device to run amtapetype, you should supply those properties in a named
+\fIdevice\fR
+section\&.
.SH "EXAMPLE"
.PP
Generate a tapetype definition for your tape device:
Note that the file mark size might really be zero for whatever device this is, and it was just the measured capacity variation that caused
\fBamtapetype\fR
to think those extra file marks in pass 2 actually took up space\&.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.PP
+\fBamanda\fR(8),
+\fBamanda.conf\fR(5)
+.PP
+The Amanda Wiki:
+: http://wiki.zmanda.com/
.SH "AUTHORS"
.PP
\fBDustin J\&. Mitchell\fR <\&dustin@zmanda\&.com\&>