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From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
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> Hi,
> 
> 	What is the order in which files are dumped from a partition by the
> dump command.
> 
> It does not appear to be alpahbetical, or by inode, and isn't listed in the manual.

Without looking at the source, I'd hazzard a guess that it's in the 
order found in the directory.  Why would it be anything else ?

>                 Neil
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> Neil Fowler Wright                      Systems Administrator
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