From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 21 09:32:21 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BDA9106566C for ; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:32:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk) Received: from relay.ptn-ipout02.plus.net (relay.ptn-ipout02.plus.net [212.159.7.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 261FC8FC18 for ; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:32:20 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApoEANk7B0tUXebq/2dsb2JhbADUJIQ8BIFv Received: from relay07.plus.net ([84.93.230.234]) by relay.ptn-ipout02.plus.net with ESMTP; 21 Nov 2009 09:03:41 +0000 Received: from [84.92.153.232] (helo=curlew.milibyte.co.uk) by relay07.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1NBlsb-0002gc-Fu; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:03:41 +0000 Received: by curlew.milibyte.co.uk with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NBlsb-0000oe-0C; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:03:41 +0000 From: Mike Clarke To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:03:40 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <4B0562A4.5050405@bah.homeip.net> <4B056636.6050309@infracaninophile.co.uk> <4B075AAA.80205@bah.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <4B075AAA.80205@bah.homeip.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200911210903.40812.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on curlew.milibyte.co.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-Plusnet-Relay: 8faed50004e9bbb885be991c6b7d5cf9 Cc: Bernt Hansson Subject: Re: Dump X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:32:21 -0000 On Saturday 21 November 2009, Bernt Hansson wrote: > Ok. I've tested this > dump -1 -a -u -L -C 64 -h 0 -f > /usr/home/bernt/disk2/dump.backup.home.2 /usr/home > > The error is > mksnap_ffs: Cannot create /usr/home/.snap/dump_snapshot: Invalid > argument dump: Cannot create /usr/home/.snap/dump_snapshot: No such > file or directory Does the .snap directory exist, and with the correct ownership and=20 permissions? =46rom the man page: "If the .snap directory does not exist in the root of the file system=20 being dumped, a warning will be issued and the dump will revert to the=20 standard behavior. This problem can be corrected by creating a .snap=20 directory in the root of the file system to be dumped; its owner should=20 be ``root'', its group should be ``operator'', and its mode should be=20 ``0770''." =2D-=20 Mike Clarke