---
name: "amcleanup"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "amanda-common"
version: "1:3.5.4-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/amcleanup"
---

# amcleanup(8)

run the Amanda cleanup process after a failure

## NAME

amcleanup - run the Amanda cleanup process after a failure

## SYNOPSIS

**amcleanup** \[**-k**\] \[**-p**\] \[**-r**\] \[**-v**\] \[**--note** *string*\] *config*

## DESCRIPTION

**Amcleanup** generates the *Amanda Mail Report* and updates the Amanda databases after a system failure on a tape server host. This cleanup process is normally done automatically as part of the **amdump** program, but if **amdump** cannot complete for some reason (usually because of a tape server host crash), **amcleanup** must be run some time later (usually during system boot).

The **amcleanupdisk** program is run with the same \[**-r**\] and \[**-v**\] options.

See the [**amanda**(8)](/amanda/8.md) man page for more details about Amanda.

## OPTIONS

- **-k**

  Kill all process listed in the log file are their child. if there is no log file, then kill all amdump, amflush and amvault process and their child.

- **-p**

  Do the cleanup only if all process listed in the log file are already terminated.

- **-r**

  Remove bad file in holding disk. This options is passed to amcleanupdisk.

- **-v**

  Generate verbose output. This options is passed to amcleanupdisk.

- **--note** *string*

  Add the *string* to the log files, it will show up in the NOTES section of the report.

## EXAMPLES

This example runs the Amanda cleanup process by hand after a failure.

```
% amcleanup daily
```

Putting the following line in a system boot script (e.g. /etc/rc.local) runs the Amanda cleanup process as part of the reboot, eliminating the need to run it by hand.

```
/usr/local/sbin/amcleanup daily
```

If nothing needs to be done, **amcleanup** exits normally with the message:

```
amcleanup: no unprocessed logfile to clean up.
```

## SEE ALSO

[**amanda**(8)](/amanda/8.md), [**amdump**(8)](/amdump/8.md)

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

## AUTHORS

**James da Silva** \<jds@amanda.org\>

**Stefan G. Weichinger** \<sgw@amanda.org\>