Section 7: overview, conventions, and miscellany
amanda-match – Common Amanda Match Expression Description Several Amanda commands allow the user to specify dumps using "match expressions". This manual page describes the syntax of these expressions. In some places, only certain match expressions are allowed. However, several commands take a dump specification ("dumpspec") consisting of a sequence of several expressions intended to match…
amanda-interactivity – Configuring Interactivity with Amanda Amanda Description Amanda uses interactivity to ask user to load specific volumes when they are needed. This manual page describes the interactivity modules included with Amanda. This is a user-level description of the API, and does not address details that are only of concern to developers of new interactivity…
amanda-devices – Configuring and Using Amanda Devices Description The Device API specifies a generic interface between Amanda and storage devices such as tapes or disks. This manual page describes the device drivers included with Amanda. This is a user-level description of the API, and does not address details that are only of concern to developers….
amanda-compatibility – Compatibility between Amanda versions Network Compatibility Amanda has used several on-the-wire protocols to communicate between the server and backup clients, and not all of them have been compatible. Versions of Amanda prior to about 2.3 used a different protocol which is not compatible. 2.3 is very old so this is not of general…
amanda-changers – Configuring and Using Amanda Changers Description Amanda uses changers to arbitrate access to devices (amanda-devices(7)) and data volumes. Changers provide an abstraction of tape robots, but are used to manage non-tape media, too. Amanda communicates with changers through the Changer API. This manpage contains a user-level overview of the API, and does not…
amanda-auth – Communication/Authentication methods between Amanda server and client Description Amanda offers 7 methods of communication between Amanda server (sometimes also called the tape server) and clients, each with its own authentication method. The desired communication method is specified by the auth parameter in the amanda.conf file (amanda.conf(5)) commonly as a dumptype. Valid values to…
amanda-applications – Application-api for amanda Description Describe how to use application with Amanda Applications This section lists the applications included with Amanda. See the individual man pages for instructions on using them. For complete How-To information, consult the Amanda wiki at http://wiki.zmanda.com. • amgtar(8), – use GNU Tar to backup and restore data. • ampgsql(8),…
alsactl_init – alsa control management – initialization Description "alsactl init" provides soundcard specific initialization. Configuration All "alsactl init" configuration files are placed in /usr/share/alsa/init/ directory. The top level configuration file is /usr/share/alsa/init/00main. The default top-level file can be also specified using -i or –initfile parameter for the alsactl tool. Every file consists of a set…
all-swaps – event signalling that all swap partitions have been activated Synopsis all-swaps [ENV]… Description The all-swaps event is generated by the mountall(8) daemon after it has activated all swap partitions listed in fstab(5). mountall(8) emits this event as an informational signal, services and tasks started or stopped by this event will do so in…
aio – POSIX asynchronous I/O overview Description The POSIX asynchronous I/O (AIO) interface allows applications to initiate one or more I/O operations that are performed asynchronously (i.e., in the background). The application can elect to be notified of completion of the I/O operation in a variety of ways: by delivery of a signal, by instantiation…
address_families – socket address families (domains) Synopsis #include <sys/types.h> /* See NOTES */ #include <sys/socket.h> int socket(int domain, int type, int protocol); Description The domain argument of the socket(2) specifies a communication domain; this selects the protocol family which will be used for communication. These families are defined in <sys/socket.h>. The formats currently understood by…
abrt-plugins – plugins for the abrt crash reporter program Description abrt is a daemon that watches for application crashes. When a crash occurs, it collects the crash data (core file, application’s command line etc.) and takes action according to the type of application that crashed and according to the configuration specified in the abrt.conf configuration…
SQLite3 database plugin for abrt(8) Description abrt is a daemon that watches for application crashes. When a crash occurs, it collects the crash data and takes action according to its configuration. This manual page describes the SQLite3 database plugin for abrt. This is a database plugin: abrt needs a database in which to store its…
RunApp plugin for abrt(8) Description abrt is a daemon that watches for application crashes. When a crash occurs, it collects the crash data and takes action according to its configuration. This manual page describes the RunApp plugin for abrt. This plugin is used to run a specified application when the crash occurs. Invocation The plugin…
ReportUploader plugin for abrt(8) Description abrt is a daemon which watches for application crashes. When a crash occurs, it collects the crash data and performs some actions according to the configuration. This manual page describes the ReportUploader plugin for abrt. This plugin will send a report to an anonymous FTP site. It’s intended for use…
Mailx plugin for abrt(8) Description abrt is a daemon that watches for application crashes. When a crash occurs, it collects the crash data and takes action according to its configuration. This manual page describes the Mailx plugin for abrt. This plugin is used to mail the data about the crash to a specified mail address….
Logger plugin for abrt(8) Description abrt is a daemon that watches for application crashes. When a crash occurs, it collects the crash data and takes action according to its configuration. This manual page describes the Logger plugin for abrt. This plugin is used to log the crash to a file. The log will contain all…
KerneloopsScanner plugin for abrt(8) Description abrt is a daemon that watches for application crashes. When a crash occurs, it collects the crash data and takes action according to its configuration. This manual page describes the KerneloopsScanner plugin for abrt. This plugin reads the system log file (default /var/log/messages) and stores the kernel oops crashes, which…
KerneloopsReporter plugin for abrt(8) Description abrt is a daemon that watches for application crashes. When a crash occurs, it collects the crash data and takes action according to its configuration. This manual page describes the KerneloopsReporter plugin for abrt. This plugin is used to report the crash to the Kerneloops tracker. Invocation The plugin is…
FileTransfer plugin for abrt(8) Description abrt is a daemon that watches for application crashes. When a crash occurs, it collects the crash data and takes action according to its configuration. This manual page describes the FileTransfer plugin for abrt. This plugin is used to transfer the crash report to another machine using a file transfer…