Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 16:24:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Lew payne <lew@lppi.com> To: Plamen Petkov <plamendp@plamen.bgstore.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: back up with dump|restore Message-ID: <200008042324.QAA13995@relay.lppi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008050136280.14216-100000@plamen.bgstore.com> References: <200008042215.PAA13937@relay.lppi.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008050136280.14216-100000@plamen.bgstore.com>
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> What about '-u' option ('don't copy if older'') ? Or '-k' option
> ('don't overwrite existing files') ? You know, I wonder, because
> you told me you are using this command lines in your real life
> >
> > mount /dev/wd2a /mnt; cd / ; pax -rwX -pe . /mnt; umount /mnt
> > mount /dev/wd2e /mnt; cd /var; pax -rwX -pe . /mnt; umount /mnt
> > mount /dev/wd2f /mnt; cd /usr; pax -rwX -pe . /mnt; umount /mnt
I suppose you could do the following:
Once a week, do the above "full" backup. This ensures that
old, deleted files are no longer present on the backup disk.
On a daily basis, back up any changed files...
pax -rwXvYZ /dev/source /mnt
Regards,
Lew Payne
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