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-.TH "AMLABEL" 8 "" "" ""
+.\" Title: amlabel
+.\" Author:
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.72.0
+.\" Date: 02/07/2007
+.\" Manual:
+.\" Source:
+.\"
+.TH "AMLABEL" "8" "02/07/2007" "" ""
+.\" disable hyphenation
+.nh
+.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only)
+.ad l
.SH "NAME"
-amlabel - label an Amanda tape
+amlabel \- label an Amanda tape
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP 8
-\fBamlabel\fR [-f] \fIconfig\fR \fIlabel\fR [slot \fIslot\fR] [-o \fIconfigoption\fR]*
-
+\fBamlabel\fR [\-f] \fIconfig\fR \fIlabel\fR [slot\ \fIslot\fR] [\-o\ \fIconfigoption\fR]...
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
All
-\fBAmanda\fR
-tapes must be pre-labeled before they are used.
-\fBAmanda\fR
+\fIAmanda\fR
+tapes must be pre\-labeled before they are used.
+\fIAmanda\fR
verifies the label in
\fBamdump\fR
and
@@ -38,20 +29,21 @@ before writing to make sure the proper tape is loaded.
.PP
\fBAmlabel\fR
writes an
-\fBAmanda\fR
+\fIAmanda\fR
label on the tape in the device specified by the
-\fBamanda.conf\fR
-file in /usr/local/etc/amanda/\fBconfig\fR.
-\fBLabel\fR
+\fIamanda.conf\fR
+file in /usr/local/etc/amanda/\fIconfig\fR.
+\fILabel\fR
may be any string that does not contain whitespace and that matches the
-\fBamanda.conf\fR\fBlabelstr\fR
+\fIamanda.conf\fR
+\fBlabelstr\fR
regular expression option. It is up to the system administrator to define a naming convention.
.PP
\fBAmlabel\fR
appends the new tape to the
-\fBtapelist\fR
+\fItapelist\fR
file so it will be used by
-\fBAmanda\fR
+\fIAmanda\fR
before it reuses any other tapes. When you
\fBamlabel\fR
multiple tapes, they will be used in the order you
@@ -60,13 +52,13 @@ them.
.PP
\fBAmlabel\fR
will not write the label if the tape contains an active
-\fBAmanda\fR
+\fIAmanda\fR
tape or if the label specified is on an active tape. The
-\fB-f\fR
+\fB\-f\fR
(force) flag bypasses these verifications.
.PP
An optional
-\fBslot\fR
+\fIslot\fR
may be specified after the tape label. If a tape changer is in use,
\fBamlabel\fR
will label the tape in the specified slot instead of the currently loaded tape.
@@ -74,80 +66,98 @@ will label the tape in the specified slot instead of the currently loaded tape.
See the
\fBamanda\fR(8)
man page for more details about
-\fBAmanda\fR.
+\fIAmanda\fR.
.SH "OPTIONS"
-.TP
-\fB-o\fR \fIconfigoption\fR
+.PP
+\fB\-o\fR \fIconfigoption\fR
+.RS 4
See the "\fBCONFIGURATION OVERWRITE\fR" section in
\fBamanda\fR(8).
+.RE
.SH "EXAMPLE"
.PP
Write an
-\fBAmanda\fR
+\fIAmanda\fR
label with the string "DMP000" on the tape loaded in the device named in the
\fBtapedev\fR
option in /usr/local/etc/amanda/daily/amanda.conf:
+.sp
+.RS 4
.nf
-
% amlabel daily DMP000
.fi
+.RE
.PP
Label the tape in slot 3 of the currently configured tape changer with the string "DMP003":
+.sp
+.RS 4
.nf
-
% amlabel daily DMP003 slot 3
.fi
+.RE
.SH "MESSAGES"
-.TP
-label \fBlabel\fR doesn't match labelstr \fBstr\fR
+.PP
+label \fIlabel\fR doesn't match labelstr \fIstr\fR
+.RS 4
Label
-\fBlabel\fR
+\fIlabel\fR
on the command line does not match the
-\fBlabelstr\fR
+\fIlabelstr\fR
regular expression
-\fBstr\fR
+\fIstr\fR
from
-\fBamanda.conf\fR.
-.TP
-label \fBlabel\fR already on a tape
+\fIamanda.conf\fR.
+.RE
+.PP
+label \fIlabel\fR already on a tape
+.RS 4
Label
-\fBlabel\fR
+\fIlabel\fR
is already listed as an active
-\fBAmanda\fR
+\fIAmanda\fR
tape.
-.TP
-no tpchanger specified in \fBpath\fR , so slot command invalid
+.RE
+.PP
+no tpchanger specified in \fIpath\fR , so slot command invalid
+.RS 4
The command line has the
\fBslot\fR
parameter but the
-\fBamanda.conf\fR
+\fIamanda.conf\fR
file in
-\fBpath\fR
+\fIpath\fR
does not have a tape changer configured.
-.TP
-reading label \fBlabel\fR, tape is in another amanda configuration
+.RE
+.PP
+reading label \fIlabel\fR, tape is in another amanda configuration
+.RS 4
This tape appears to be a valid
-\fBAmanda\fR
+\fIAmanda\fR
tape, but label does not match
\fBlabelstr\fR
for this configuration so it is probably part of a different
-\fBAmanda\fR
+\fIAmanda\fR
configuration.
-.TP
-reading label \fBlabel\fR, tape is active
+.RE
+.PP
+reading label \fIlabel\fR, tape is active
+.RS 4
Tape
-\fBlabel\fR
+\fIlabel\fR
appears to already be part of this
-\fBAmanda\fR
+\fIAmanda\fR
configuration and active, i.e. has valid data on it.
-.TP
-no label found, are you sure \fBtape\fR is non-rewinding?
+.RE
+.PP
+no label found, are you sure \fItape\fR is non\-rewinding?
+.RS 4
While checking that the label was written correctly,
\fBamlabel\fR
-got an error that might be caused by mis-configuring
-\fBAmanda\fR
-with a rewinding tape device name instead of a non-rewinding device name for
-\fBtape.\fR
+got an error that might be caused by mis\-configuring
+\fIAmanda\fR
+with a rewinding tape device name instead of a non\-rewinding device name for
+\fItape.\fR
+.RE
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
James da Silva,
@@ -155,8 +165,9 @@ James da Silva,
.PP
Stefan G. Weichinger,
, maintainer of the
-\fBAmanda\fR-documentation: XML-conversion
+\fIAmanda\fR\-documentation: XML\-conversion
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
-\fBamanda\fR(8)\fBamdump\fR(8)\fBamflush\fR(8)
-
+\fBamanda\fR(8)
+\fBamdump\fR(8)
+\fBamflush\fR(8)