From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 28 19:35:18 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE9CB37B423 for ; Thu, 28 Sep 2000 19:34:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 13eq0g-0008xa-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 29 Sep 2000 03:34:50 +0100 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id DAA59162 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 29 Sep 2000 03:34:49 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm) Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 03:34:48 +0100 From: j mckitrick To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: dump levels/incremental backups Message-ID: <20000929033448.A59083@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I think I found enough scripts to help me choose a backup solution. But I have a couple of questions. Is there some secret to what the 'levels' are in dump? What is the purpose of the 'Towers of Hanoi' number pattern? Is the tar incremental backup simply based on comparing the modification times of the existing files to the stored ones? Thanks, jcm -- "I drank WHAT ?!" - Socrates To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message