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<refentry id='amraw.8'>

<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>amraw</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
&rmi.source;
&rmi.version;
&rmi.manual.8;
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>amraw</refname>
<refpurpose>Amanda Application open and read data</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refentryinfo>
&author.jlm;
</refentryinfo>
<!-- body begins here -->

<refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>

<para>Amraw is an Amanda Application API script.  It should not be run
by users directly.  It uses dd to backup and restore data.</para>

<para>Amraw can backup only one directory entry, it can be a single file, a raw device, anything that amanda can open and read.</para>

<para>The <emphasis remap='B'>diskdevice</emphasis> in the disklist (DLE)
must be the filename amraw open and read.</para>

<para>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't exist before the restore.</para>

<para>Only full backup is allowed</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1><title>PROPERTIES</title>

<para>This section lists the properties that control amgtar's functionality.
See <manref name="amanda-applications" vol="7"/>
for information on application properties and how they are configured.</para>

<!-- PLEASE KEEP THIS LIST IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER -->
<variablelist>
 <!-- ==== -->
 <varlistentry><term>DIRECTORY</term><listitem>
Used only for restore command, can be a device name or file, the data will be restored to it.
</listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</refsect1>

<refsect1><title>EXAMPLE</title>
<para>
<programlisting>
  define application-tool app_amraw {
    plugin "amraw"
  }
</programlisting>
A dumptype using this application might look like:
<programlisting>
  define dumptype amraw {
    global
    program "APPLICATION"
    application "app_amraw"
  }
</programlisting>
Note that the <emphasis>program</emphasis> parameter must be set to
<emphasis>"APPLICATION"</emphasis> to use the <emphasis>application</emphasis>
parameter.
</para>
</refsect1>

<seealso>
<manref name="amanda.conf" vol="5"/>,
<manref name="amanda-applications" vol="7"/>
</seealso>

</refentry>