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Subject: 'nodump' on directories: new contents still dumped
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Hi,

I'm using dump(8) for backing up a FreeBSD 4.10 server. In order to decrease 
the resulting file size, I flagged some directories like /usr/ports 
and /usr/src with 'nodump'. I adjusted the dump level 0 script to have -h 0, 
so that worked fine. The other scripts for dumps >0 do not have a -h flag 
set, because -h 1 is default.

The problem is that new files appearing in the /usr/ports tree (daily portsnap 
cron) do not have the 'nodump' flag set. But despite the 'nodump' flag on 
the /usr/ports directory, the new files in the tree are still dumped.

I understood that dump does not enter directories with 'nodump' flag set, so 
it shouldn't see the new files inside, right? Or is this behavior implemented 
in a newer version than FreeBSD 4.10? I have scanned the CVS logs for dump, 
but couldn't find anything relevant.

One 'hack' is to run a script prior to the dump to recursively set 
all 'nodump' flags where appropriate, but I'm hoping that someone can 
enlighten me what is going on.

Thanks in advance,

-- 
Bram Schoenmakers

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