Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 17:50:01 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Josh Brooks <user@mail.econolodgetulsa.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can I tell whether dump used -L or not ? Message-ID: <20030715225001.GB26586@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20030715153502.Q52180-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com> References: <20030715153502.Q52180-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com>
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In the last episode (Jul 15), Josh Brooks said: > A new option in FreeBSD 5.x `dump` is the -L option for backing up a > live filesystem ... > > Is there a way to examine/check a dump file to see if it was created > using the -L or not ? I don't think so. > ALSO, if I do use -L when creating a dump, do I need to restore it any > differently, or can I restore it the same regardless of whether I used -L > or not ? Nope. All -L does is back up a snapshot instead of the (possibly changing) live filesystem. The dump file format doesn't change. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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