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AMLABEL(8)					       AMLABEL(8)

NAME
       amlabel - label an Amanda tape

SYNOPSIS
       amlabel [-f] config label [ slot slot ]

DESCRIPTION
       Amlabel	writes	an Amanda label on the tape in the device
       specified by the amanda.conf file  in  /etc/amanda/config.
       Label  may  be any string that does not contain whitespace
       and that matches the amanda.conf labelstr regular  expres-
       sion  option.   It  is  up  to the system administrator to
       define a naming convention.

       Amlabel will not write the label if the tape  contains  an
       active  amanda  tape  or	 if  the label specified is on an
       active tape. The -f (force) flag	 bypass	 these	verifica-
       tion.

       An  optional  slot  may be specified after the tape label.
       If a tape changer is in use, amlabel will label	the  tape
       in  the	specified  slot	 instead  of the currently loaded
       tape.

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

EXAMPLE
       Write  an  Amanda label with the string "VOL1" on the tape
       loaded in the  device  named  in	 the  tapedev  option  in
       /etc/amanda/DailySet1/amanda.conf:

	      % amlabel DailySet1 VOL1

       Label  the tape in slot 3 of the currently configured tape
       changer with the string "VOL2":

	      % amlabel DailySet1 VOL2 slot 3

AUTHOR
       James da Silva <jds@cs.umd.edu>
       University of Maryland, College Park

SEE ALSO
       amanda(8)

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