AMRAW(8)

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version 3.5.4 · 8 versions
, in fedora 43

💅 AMRAW(8) — amraw, like, the Amanda Application that opens and reads data ✨

okay bestie, so this is the amraw page from section 8 of the manual — System Administration Commands, no big deal 👑 — and honestly? she's a little mysterious, so let's get into it.

🌸 NAME 🌸

amraw — an Amanda Application that opens and reads data 🫶

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So amraw is an Amanda Application API script — which means she is not for you to run directly, bestie, she's backstage talent only 🙈. Under the hood she uses dd to back up and restore data. iconic honestly.

amraw can back up only one directory entry — and that entry can be literally whatever: a single file, a raw device, anything that Amanda can open and read 💖.

The diskdevice in the disklist (DLE) has to be the filename that amraw opens and reads. no substitutions, no vibes-based guessing, just the filename ✨.

Restore is done in place — an open happens, and the data gets written to it 🎀. And listen: if the directory entry doesn't exist before the restore, then a file owned by root with permission 0600 is created. periodt.

Only full backup is allowed 🔥 — no incrementals, she doesn't do that.

🦋 PROPERTIES 🦋

This section lists the properties that control amgtar's functionality — yes, that's genuinely what the page says, amgtar, not amraw, I'm just the messenger 😭💀. Peep amanda-applications(7) for the whole situation on application properties and how to configure them 🌈.

🎀 DIRECTORY 🎀

Used only for the restore command — can be a device name or a file, and the data will be restored to it 🫶.

💜 EXAMPLE 💜

define application-tool app_amraw {
  plugin "amraw"
}

A dumptype using this application might look like:

define dumptype amraw {
  global
  program "APPLICATION"
  application "app_amraw"
}
⭐ note that the program parameter must be set to "APPLICATION" to use the application parameter. non-negotiable, iykyk 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

The Amanda Wiki: : http://wiki.zmanda.com/ 🌸

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Jean-Louis Martineau <martineau@zmanda.com> Zmanda, Inc. (http://www.zmanda.com) 💖

🎀 and that's the whole page, bestie! this one's straight from Amanda 3.5.4, dated 07/23/2025 — go off, amraw, you absolute main character 🦋✨💜

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