From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 7 10:01:05 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A809016A4D0 for ; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 10:01:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from atlantech.net (mail3.atlantech.net [209.183.205.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF8B044037 for ; Fri, 7 Nov 2003 10:00:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from srenna@vdbmusic.com) Received: from [65.197.254.5] (account srenna@vdbmusic.com) by atlantech.net (CommuniGate Pro WebUser 4.1.3) with HTTP id 64551827 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2003 13:00:48 -0500 From: To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro WebUser Interface v.4.1.3 Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 13:00:48 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: the -L in dump X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 18:01:05 -0000 Was working my way through dump and was going over what the -L switch is used for. I guess one would use this when you are dumping a mounted file system correct? Here's what I've been trying to do, dump all of / without dumping /tmp, /proc, /mnt, and /entropy. I've already learned to use the nodump flag with some help from a list member and now I want my dump to run correctly. My commandline is as follows: dump -0 -a -f /mnt/backup_drive/ad0backup/main_backup11_03 -h 0 -L -u / Will a command like this dump the entire file system for me for later restore should a complete meltdown happen?