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.\"     Title: amraw
.\"    Author: Jean-Louis Martineau <martineau@zmanda.com>
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.\"      Date: 12/01/2017
.\"    Manual: System Administration Commands
.\"    Source: Amanda 3.5.1
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "AMRAW" "8" "12/01/2017" "Amanda 3\&.5\&.1" "System Administration Commands"
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.SH "NAME"
amraw \- Amanda Application open and read data
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Amraw is an Amanda Application API script\&. It should not be run by users directly\&. It uses dd to backup and restore data\&.
.PP
Amraw can backup only one directory entry, it can be a single file, a raw device, anything that amanda can open and read\&.
.PP
The
\fBdiskdevice\fR
in the disklist (DLE) must be the filename amraw open and read\&.
.PP
Restore is done in place, an open is done and the data is written to it\&. A file owned by root and permission 0600 is create if the directory entry doesn\*(Aqt exist before the restore\&.
.PP
Only full backup is allowed
.SH "PROPERTIES"
.PP
This section lists the properties that control amgtar\*(Aqs functionality\&. See
\fBamanda-applications\fR(7)
for information on application properties and how they are configured\&.
.PP
DIRECTORY
.RS 4

Used only for restore command, can be a device name or file, the data will be restored to it\&.
.RE
.SH "EXAMPLE"
.PP
.nf
  define application\-tool app_amraw {
    plugin "amraw"
  }
.fi
A dumptype using this application might look like:
.sp
.nf
  define dumptype amraw {
    global
    program "APPLICATION"
    application "app_amraw"
  }
.fi
Note that the
\fIprogram\fR
parameter must be set to
\fI"APPLICATION"\fR
to use the
\fIapplication\fR
parameter\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBamanda\fR(8),
\fBamanda.conf\fR(5),
\fBamanda-applications\fR(7)
.PP
The Amanda Wiki:
: http://wiki.zmanda.com/
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
\fBJean\-Louis Martineau\fR <\&martineau@zmanda\&.com\&>
.RS 4
Zmanda, Inc\&. (http://www\&.zmanda\&.com)
.RE