Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 17:09:47 -0800 From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> To: peter@sysadmin-inc.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3 dump questions Message-ID: <20010127010952.96DDB3E02@bazooka.unixfreak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from "Peter Brezny" <peter@sysadmin-inc.com> of "Fri, 26 Jan 2001 16:14:17 EST." <003101c087dc$f1936ee0$46010a0a@sysadmininc.com>
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> What's the difference between -1 and -2 etc in the incrimental level. A level x dump will only dump files which have been modified since the last x-1 dump (a level 0 dump will always copy everything). > > Can dump be used to back up parts of a file system as opposed to the entire > file system? I'm not sure, but I don't think so. > > Is there a way to configure dump to compress its output? I noticed on a > small file system the dump file was larger than the entire contents of the > filesystem. Not tested: dump -f- /my/filesystem | gzip > my.filesystem.dump.gz Hope this helps Dima Dorfman dima@unixfreak.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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