Amgetconf

Name

amgetconf — look up configuration parameters and manipulate debug logs

Synopsis

amgetconf [config] [--list] parameter [ -o configoption ]*

DESCRIPTION

Amgetconf looks up parameters in amanda.conf, the Amanda configuration file, or from the build and runtime environment, and returns their corresponding value.

If config is not specified, amgetconf assumes it is being run from the configuration directory and that amanda.conf is present.

If parameter begins with build., the (case insensitive) string following the period is a build environment variable. Variables without a value (e.g. XFSDUMP on a system that does not support that type of file system) will not report an error and will return an empty string as the value. Flag variables (e.g. USE_AMANDAHOSTS) will return 1 if the flag is set or an empty string if it is not.

If parameter begins with dbopen., the string following the period is a program name and an Amanda debug file will be created for the caller. The name of the file is returned.

If parameter begins with dbclose., the string following the period is a program name previously used with dbopen., followed by a colon (:) and the previously opened file name.

See the amanda(8) man page for more details about Amanda.

OPTIONS

--list

The parameter must be tapetype, dumptype, holdingdisk or interface. It will output, one by line, the list of identifier for the parameter.

• --list tapetype : Output the list of tapetype, one by line.
• --list dumptype : Output the list of dumptype, one by line.
• --list holdingdisk : Output the list of holdingdisk, one by line.
• --list interface : Output the list of interface, one by line.

parameter

It could be one of the below format

runtapes
DUMPTYPE:no-compress:compress
TAPETYPE:HP-DAT:length
INTERFACE:local:use
HOLDINGDISK:hd1:use

-o configoption

See the CONFIGURATION OVERRIDE section in amanda(8).

EXAMPLE

Find out the path to the log file directory:

% amgetconf daily logdir
/usr/local/etc/amanda//daily

Find out the current tape type:

% amgetconf daily tapetype
DLT4000-IV

Find out the default configuration directory:

% amgetconf daily build.CONFIG_DIR
/usr/local/etc/amanda/

Create, use and close a debug file in a script:

% set debug_file = `amgetconf daily dbopen.myscript`
% echo debug information >> $debug_file
% amgetconf daily dbclose.myscript:$debug_file

MESSAGES

amgetconf: no such parameter param

Parameter param is not a known keyword (e.g. not a valid amanda.conf keyword).

SEE ALSO

amanda(8)