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Old 07-16-2010
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I'll have to disagree with you on this. At least on my system the output of /proc/partitions is in 1k (1024 Byte) blocks
You are right of course. Block size can simply vary but in old times (AIX 4.3.3) of df output there was often displayed 512 bytes as block when not using -k etc. as well the default of dd etc. etc. Maybe this left a dark shadow on me Smilie Anyhow the OP should be aware when working with these numbers. Different OS can sometimes show different numbers according to their block size using different commands etc. For Linux' /proc/partitions there will be no question.

Hopefully the rest of the posts was helpful though Smilie
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AMSTATUS(8)						      System Manager's Manual						       AMSTATUS(8)

NAME

       amstatus - display the state of an Amanda run

SYNOPSIS

       amstatus  [--config]  config  [--file  amdumpfile  ]  [--summary] [--dumping] [--waitdumping] [--waittaper] [--dumpingtape] [--writingtape]
       [--finished] [--failed] [--estimate] [--gestimate] [--stats]

DESCRIPTION

       Amstatus gives the current state of the Amanda run specified by the config configuration.  It may also be used after a run to summarize the
       results.

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

OPTIONS

       All options may be abbreviated to the shortest non-ambiguous sub-string.  If no options are given, everything is displayed.

       [--config] config
	      Specify the Amanda configuration you want to display the state for.

       --file amdumpfile
	      Specify an alternate file instead of the amdump file.

       --summary
	      Display a summary of the state of the run.

       --dumping
	      Display all partitions that are dumping.

       --waitdumping|wdumping
	      Display all partitions that are waiting to be dumped.

       --waittaper|wtaper
	      Display all partitions dumped that are waiting to be written to tape.

       --dumpingtape|dtape
	      Display all partitions that are dumping directly to tape.

       --writingtape|wtape
	      Display all partitions that are writing to tape.

       --finished
	      Display all partitions that are dumped and written to tape.

       --failed|error
	      Display all partitions that failed.

       --estimate
	      Display all partitions whose estimate is finished.  Works only during the estimate phase.

       --gestimate|gettingestimate
	      Display all partitions whose estimate is not finished.  Works only during the estimate phase.

       --stats|statistics
	      Display statistics about active-time of taper and dumpers.

SEE ALSO

       amanda(8), amcheck(8), amdump(8), amrestore(8), amadmin(8)

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