Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 17:21:00 -0500 From: "James E. Housley" <jeh@FreeBSD.org> To: Mikhail Teterin <mi@aldan.algebra.com> Cc: iedowse@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/dump dump.8 main.c Message-ID: <3C7FFECC.7F025DFB@FreeBSD.org> References: <200203012204.g21M4RsP055326@aldan.algebra.com>
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Mikhail Teterin wrote: > > On 1 Mar, Ian Dowse wrote: > > iedowse 2002/03/01 12:54:24 PST > > > > Modified files: > > sbin/dump dump.8 main.c > > Log: > > Add a new "-S" flag to dump to allow it just print out dump estimate > > size and then exit. > > Our (and NetBSD's) amanda port can be modified to use this feature, > once it is MFC-ed. Currently it runs dump and watches the output. When > it outputs the estimate, it kills the dump process(es)... > > Then, again, it may not be worth the trouble to check the version of > the OS just for that... > How would you check for this from within ./configure? Most of the checks are based upon trying someing and seeing if it fails. More importantly, are FreeBSD and NetBSD the only two with this functionality? I will look into this after it is MFC'd. Our port system will be able to know, after the next os bump. Jim -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign . \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail . X - NO Word docs in e-mail . / \ ----------------------------------------------------------------- jeh@FreeBSD.org http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power to Serve jim@TheHousleys.Net http://www.TheHousleys.net jhousley@SimTel.Net http://www.SimTel.Net --------------------------------------------------------------------- Your mouse has moved. Windows NT must be restarted for the change to take effect! Reboot now? [OK] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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