Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 10:52:24 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mount a dumpfile Message-ID: <BANLkTikwOb87hr29mqBmEfdDdHSyB0xMDA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2 Apr 2011 00:08, "Warren Block" <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > > Is it possible to mount a dump(8) dumpfile? restore(8) obviously knows everything about the file structure, and restore -i is nearly a read-only mount_dump already. Restore -i isn't really anything like a mount; it works on a stream (which is why it works on tapes and stdin) where the first but is the file list, telling restore how far to skip to get the file. This is why ls is fast on it, but when you tell it to restore it then takes a little time. If you want proper interactive backups, I'd respectfully suggest you start using rsync incremental backup, for which I have a script sy home I'd you're interested. Chris
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