Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:33:31 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@mckusick.com> Cc: Mikhail Teterin <mi+mill@aldan.algebra.com>, questions@freebsd.org, fs@freebsd.org, =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Subject: Re: Automatic `nodump' flag? Message-ID: <20080130233244.L7385@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <200801302047.m0UKlV0m004741@chez.mckusick.com> References: <200801302047.m0UKlV0m004741@chez.mckusick.com>
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> The dump program runs on the raw disk partition dumping sequentially > by inode number. So, it has no idea of the file-tree hierarchy. Thus > any propagation of the "nodump" flag would have to be done by the Yes, dump DO descend to check for nodump flags - while doing backup for raw filesystem. there is enough to set nodump flag to directory, and no files in it will be backed up
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