Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 09:00:50 -0800 From: Chris Pressey <cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> To: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how do you get dump to assume "yes" to its questions Message-ID: <20031107090050.7d9182b2.cpressey@catseye.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <200311072335.29758.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> References: <1068210236.18604.1.camel@pluto.dc.cox.net> <200311072335.29758.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
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On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 23:35:29 +1030 Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> wrote: > On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 23:33, Scott Renna wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I've managed to start utilizing dump and the flags to exclude > > certain directories. The problem i've run into is when i try to > > back up/usr....it's so big and dump breaks it up into tinier > > pieces(i'm dumping to a file). it asks me if the new volume is > > mounted and ready to go. Obviously it is...is there a way for dump > > to just run through all this without bothering me? > > > > Not certain I understand what you want, but I think you want the > '-a' option with dump so that it writes all to one file without > stopping. Try the man page. Not certain I understand either, but if all you want is a way to answer 'y' to every prompt a program gives you, one way is to use the 'yes' command. e.g. yes | rm -rf /tmp/* -Chris
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