<command>amflush</command>
<arg choice='opt'>-b</arg>
<arg choice='opt'>-f</arg>
+ <arg choice='opt'>--exact-match</arg>
<arg choice='opt'>-s</arg>
<arg choice='opt'>-D <replaceable>datestamp</replaceable></arg>
+ &configoverride.synopsis;
<arg choice='plain'><replaceable>config</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='opt' rep='repeat'>
<arg choice='plain'><replaceable>host</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice='opt' rep='repeat'><replaceable>disk</replaceable></arg>
</arg>
- &configoverride.synopsis;
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<para><emphasis remap='B'>Amflush</emphasis>
writes Amanda backups from the holding disks to tape,
and updates the Amanda info database and &tapelist; accordingly.
+It is similar to amdump, but does not perform any backup operations on
+Amanda clients.
Backups may stay in a holding disk when something is wrong with the tape
-at the time
-<emphasis remap='B'>amdump</emphasis>
-is run.
+at the time <command>amdump</command> is run.
When this happens, the problem must be corrected and
-<command>amflush</command>
-run by hand.</para>
+<command>amflush</command> run by hand.</para>
+
+<para>The command optionally takes a set of DLE specifications
+ (see <manref
+ name="amanda-match" vol="7"/>) to narrow the DLEs for which dumps will be flushed.
+All dumps in holding are flushed if no expressions are given.</para>
+
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>OPTIONS</title>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-D datestamp</option></term>
<listitem>
-<para>specify a datestamp expression you want to flush, see the
-"DATESTAMP EXPRESSION" section of
-<manref name="amanda" vol="8"/>
-for a description.
+<para>specify a datestamp expression you want to flush; see
+<manref name="amanda-match" vol="7"/>
+for details on the format of this expression.
<option>-D 20001225-7</option>
-will flush all
-dumps from 25 december 2000 to 27 december 2000.</para>
+will flush all dumps from 25 december 2000 to 27 december 2000.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--exact-match</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+<para>The host and disk are parsed as exact values</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable>host</replaceable> [<replaceable>disk</replaceable>]*</term>
<listitem>
-<para>Specify the host and disk on which the command will work.</para>
+<para>Specify the host and disk on which the command will work -- see
+ the description of DLE specifications in <manref name="amanda-match" vol="7"/>. </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
&configoverride.varlistentry;
</variablelist>
<seealso>
<manref name="amdump" vol="8"/>
+<manref name="amanda-match" vol="7"/>
</seealso>
</refentry>