Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 10:37:59 -0800 From: Blake Swensen <blake@pyramus.com> To: FreeBSD List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Dump and nodump flag? Message-ID: <3DCAB307.1080708@pyramus.com> References: <3DCAA9E9.2040506@pyramus.com> <009901c28689$6b06bb40$6e2a6ba5@tagalong>
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Ok... (whacking forehead)duh. got focused on mode and stopped reading flags. Thanks for the kick start :) Still wonders if this is the best way to accomplish the goal of only backing up a partial filesystem? Peace, Blake Drew Tomlinson wrote: > ----- 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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