Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 21:51:59 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Olivier Nicole <olivier.nicole@cs.ait.ac.th> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Dump(8) does not do incremental Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1504022147260.44312@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2Bg%2BBvjXAE8R2OotvefVzotFn_z3-brtnBLCY7FOHi28%2B-qbKg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2Bg%2BBvhuR6ifc%2Be9D7sV=rH-bQF6Ja-4xSpwKzKDv6BgFgvKcw@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1504020814540.30693@wonkity.com> <CA%2Bg%2BBvjXAE8R2OotvefVzotFn_z3-brtnBLCY7FOHi28%2B-qbKg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 3 Apr 2015, Olivier Nicole wrote: > Thanks Warren, > >>> Is there any reason why dump would not do incremental when used with -f -? >> -u to update /etc/dumpdates after a success? > > That was it. But I now wonder what was the twisted reason behind that > behaviour (that is not documented, man pages mention the various > levels, not saying they are not working unless -u); I understand one > may want to not implement the incremental dumps, but the default > should enable them. Hmm. It should certainly be mentioned in the man page. I only remember -u because I usually have to look up what it does.
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