Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 13:24:40 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: inheriting the "nodump" flag ? Message-ID: <97668.976451080@critter> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 10 Dec 2000 03:47:52 PST." <3A336D68.2B454829@elischer.org>
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In message <3A336D68.2B454829@elischer.org>, Julian Elischer writes: >> I would like to propose that directories and files inherit the >> nodump flag if it is set on the directory they are created in. >> >> Comments ? protests ? > >I thought that it was supposed to stop the tree walker from walking >down through the tree beyond that point if it is on a directory.. > >in other words, if you set it on a directory it is supposed to >'prune' the entire tree.. sounds like a problem with the >tree walker rather than the kernel. Well, dump's tree walker is rather peculiar, so I don't blame anyone for the way it is implemented currently. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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