Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 14:45:24 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> To: wollman@lcs.mit.edu (Garrett A. Wollman) Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recent changes to `dump' Message-ID: <199511282245.OAA24433@ref.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: <9511281946.AA04068@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> from "Garrett A. Wollman" at Nov 28, 95 02:46:00 pm
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I understand your point, but I also see why it changed.. I often wonder "Is that DISK blocks or Tape Blocks?" (I don't use Dump that often) > > I noticed that my backups stopped working over Thanksgiving break. > The cause turned out to be that the format of `dump''s informational > messages has changed to add the qualifier `tape ' in front of > references to `blocks'. Given the fact that almost everyone who does > any sort of large-scale backups has written lots of wrapper scripts > which attempt to parse the output of `dump', I think this format > change is inadvisable, and I intend to reverse it unless someone > speaks up with a good reason to keep the superfluous verbiage. > > -GAWollman > > -- > Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... > wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. > Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people > MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant >
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