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Date:      Sun, 23 Oct 2011 13:20:56 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
Cc:        Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Need to Backup Using Dump
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1110231314330.51236@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <20111023210814.698a51b6.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Sun, 23 Oct 2011, Polytropon wrote:

> But note that this will dump the _complete_ file system's
> content to /mnt as dump cannot be "more selective" here.

The nodump flag along with -h0 can be used to exclude files or 
directories.  But agreed, dump is gear towards entire filesystems.



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