Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 13:20:54 +0200 (CEST) From: Konrad Heuer <kheuer2@gwdg.de> To: Mark <admin@asarian-host.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A "softupdates" problem? Message-ID: <20030703131938.H47860-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de> In-Reply-To: <200307031115.H63BFEAN058242@asarian-host.net>
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On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Mark wrote: > Making a daily server backup, using dump (FreeBSD 4.7R), I keep running into > a "softupdates" problem. That is, prior to backing up a partition (/var), I > move a large file (several gigabytes) off that partition. But because of the > "softupdates" effect, the size of that large file is added to the dump-file > size, as if it were still on the partition! > > I have been able to circumvent that, in the past, by waiting a few minutes > before starting the dump (until df reflects the correct size). This is not > really ideal, though, as I disallow outside connections while in backup (so > as not to change the /var partion with log-files being filled and such). Is > there not a command to force 'softupdates' to write out its cache > immediately? I didn't try, but `sync' should do the job, shouldn't it? Regards Konrad Heuer (kheuer2@gwdg.de) ____ ___ _______ GWDG / __/______ ___ / _ )/ __/ _ \ Am Fassberg / _// __/ -_) -_) _ |\ \/ // / 37077 Goettingen /_/ /_/ \__/\__/____/___/____/ Germany
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