Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 22:19:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Stephen Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: Peter Kok <cckok00@hotmail.com> Cc: Doug Young <dougy@brizzie.org>, Nathan Vidican <webmaster@wmptl.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: simple back up method Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10105182218550.18237-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <3B05D801.F8CAF91B@hotmail.com>
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I thought dump was all or nothing - whereas I often need just some files and the flexability of having them restore to a different place, or to have everything BUT whats already there restore. On Fri, 18 May 2001, Peter Kok wrote: > Hi all > > How do I restore the backup from dump? > > tks > > regards > Peter > > Doug Young wrote: > > > > >> I want to backup the whole system in simple backup method and > > command > > > >> eg: Running tar command in root directory for whole system? tar > > zcvf > > > >> > > > > The following (courtesy of Crist Clark) are the simplest ones I've > > got. > > > > # dump -0af /path/to/dump/file /filesystem > > > > # dump -0af - /filesystem | ssh -f another-machine "cat > > > /path/to/dump/file" > > > > I'm still trying to figure how to use the Stephen Hovey method > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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