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Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 22:19:32 -0400 (EDT)
From: Stephen Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>
To: Peter Kok <cckok00@hotmail.com>
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	Nathan Vidican <webmaster@wmptl.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: simple back up method
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I thought dump was all or nothing - whereas I often need just some files
and the flexability of having them restore to a different place, or to
have everything BUT whats already there restore.

On Fri, 18 May 2001, Peter Kok wrote:

> Hi all
> 
> How do I restore the backup from dump?
> 
> tks
> 
> regards
> Peter
> 
> Doug Young wrote:
> 
> > > >> I want to backup the whole system in simple backup method and
> > command
> > > >> eg:  Running tar command in root directory for whole system? tar
> > zcvf
> > > >>
> >
> > The following (courtesy of Crist Clark) are the simplest ones I've
> > got.
> >
> >   # dump -0af /path/to/dump/file /filesystem
> >
> >   # dump -0af - /filesystem | ssh -f another-machine "cat >
> > /path/to/dump/file"
> >
> > I'm still trying to figure how to use the Stephen Hovey method
> 
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