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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 12:42:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Paul Dekkers <psd@cgu.nl>
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Subject: Re: dump of tree instead of filesystem?
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On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Paul Dekkers wrote:

> Is it possible to dump a specified tree, instead of a whole filesystem,
> using dump?

Nope.  This i one of the limits of dump; it dumps entire filesystems only.
Use tar if you need this functionality.

Doug White                               
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