Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:56:16 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> Cc: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>, Aiza <aiza21@comclark.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dump warning msgs?? Message-ID: <20100222175616.79f535a0.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <201002221638.00165.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> References: <4B828B28.9020703@comclark.com> <20100222150143.GE43687@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <201002221638.00165.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk>
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On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:37:59 +0000, Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> wrote: > I see the "expected xxx, got yyy" type of message every time I do a > restore from a snapshot dump but it's never caused any problems. The message is issued by restore, not by dump. According to /usr/src/sbin/restore/restore.c, beginning at line 620, the explaination is: If we find files on the tape that have no corresponding directory entries, then we must have found a file that was created while the dump was in progress. Since we have no name for it, we discard it knowing that it will be on the next incremental tape. This fits the "snapshot theory". Use the source, Luke. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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