From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 15 15:50:02 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D96D037B401 for ; Tue, 15 Jul 2003 15:50:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 235E143F3F for ; Tue, 15 Jul 2003 15:50:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) id h6FMo1GB035148; Tue, 15 Jul 2003 17:50:01 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 17:50:01 -0500 From: Dan Nelson To: Josh Brooks Message-ID: <20030715225001.GB26586@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20030715153502.Q52180-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030715153502.Q52180-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can I tell whether dump used -L or not ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 22:50:03 -0000 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