Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 10:13:48 -0800 From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: "Blake Swensen" <blake@pyramus.com>, "FreeBSD List" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Dump and nodump flag? Message-ID: <009901c28689$6b06bb40$6e2a6ba5@tagalong> References: <3DCAA9E9.2040506@pyramus.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Blake Swensen" <blake@pyramus.com> To: "FreeBSD List" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 9:59 AM Subject: Dump and nodump flag? > The manual for dump states: > > ... > -h level > Honor the user ``nodump'' flag (UF_NODUMP) only for dumps at or > above the given level. The default honor level is 1, so that > incremental backups omit such files but full backups retain them. > ... > > I have looked at the several man pages referenced by this, and searched > the mailing list archives. I want to take advantage of this feature but > cannot find how to set this flag. > > This is really an attempt to only back up part of a file system on a > dump run. For instance, /dev/ad2s1e is mounted at > /usr/exports/corporate and contains > /usr/exports/corporate/reallyimportant and /usr/exports/corporate/justjunk. > > I really don't care to back up justjunk, but since both justjunk and > reallyimportant are in the same filesystem I really cannot do: > dump ..... /user/exports/corporate/reallyimportant. > > Was thinking that the nodump flag might be the answer... if I could find > out how to set it, and if nobody else has a better idea. This and other flags are set via the 'chflags' utility. Check the man page. Cheers, Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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