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Date:      Thu, 03 Jul 2003 19:56:39 GMT
From:      Mark <admin@asarian-host.net>
To:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: A "softupdates" problem?
Message-ID:  <200307031956.H63JUCPC029784@asarian-host.net>
References:  <200307031115.H63BFEAN058242@asarian-host.net> <20030703112321.GA58208@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew Seaman" <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
To: "Mark" <admin@asarian-host.net>
Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: A "softupdates" problem?


> Hmmm... not an answer to the question you asked, but does
> not:

>    # chflags nodump your-very-large-file

> in combination with using the '-h 0' flag to dump(8) let you backup
> the partition without including the file in question?

Thanks for the suggestion. :) I will use that.

- Mark



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