Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 21:59:28 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> To: Doug Young <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> Cc: Michael Conlen <meconlen@obfuscated.net>, Matthew Rudderham <matt@cape-breton-island.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What Are Standard Procedures For System Backup Message-ID: <20010311215927.P50418@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflex> In-Reply-To: <003b01c0aab4$400553a0$847e03cb@apana.org.au>; from dougy@bryden.apana.org.au on Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 03:20:40PM %2B1000 References: <NFBBJNNKKLIPPJPMCEAPEECOCBAA.meconlen@obfuscated.net> <022501c0aa4d$a96a65e0$0200a8c0@apana.org.au> <20010311172203.K50418@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflex> <003b01c0aab4$400553a0$847e03cb@apana.org.au>
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On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 03:20:40PM +1000, Doug Young wrote: > Thanks ... makes at least part of it a bit clearer than the awful man page. > > I think I understand the purpose of that "-0af", & "path to dump file" looks > like its sorta like /backup (assuming its a local partition) ?? The useage > of "filesystem" here is not clear however ... man filesystem doesn't tell > me anything A filesystem is a rather basic concept in the operating system. Anything you use mount(8) to access is going to be a filesystem. Just type, $ mount To see your currently mounted filesystems. Anyone one of those which is a ufs type is a candidate for using dump(8) on. If you 'apropos filesystem,' you'll get a lot more info than you probably need. > > I am not sure what you can't find in the docs. > > The docs don't provide info in an intelligible format on exactly how to use > "dump" > I get TOTALLY confused with the extremely obtuse synopsis stuff in most man > pages, (man ppp is a notable exception) as do many others of my > acquaintance. > Thankfully there are usable explanations of many things at one of the > user-friendly > sites like freebsddiary / bsdvault / lnova / etc, but unfortunately there > doesn't appear > to be any articles on dump / restore. I guess the the format of official > docs is > meaningful to experts, but many other users have extreme difficulty making > any > sense out of them. Many others have asked the same thing previously, but > here we > go again. Why can't we have some "step_by_step" explanations & sample usage > rather than that impossibly vague synopsis stuff ?? Manpages are meant to be synopsis stuff for the clued or expert user to use for quick, brief references. They are not, generally, designed to be how-to's or tutorials (that's not to say some are not written to be, vinum(4,8), the Perl pages, shell pages, can be quite complete). Like you state, freebsddiary, bsdvault, etc. are resources for tutorials and more real examples. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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