Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2018 21:48:34 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 234315] [patch] dump(8): Allow noninteractive multi-volume dumps Message-ID: <bug-234315-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=234315 Bug ID: 234315 Summary: [patch] dump(8): Allow noninteractive multi-volume dumps Product: Base System Version: CURRENT Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Only Me Priority: --- Component: bin Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: noah.bergbauer@tum.de Created attachment 200412 --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=200412&action=edit Proposed patch Right now dump(8) requires the user to type "yes" into the console whenever it switches to a new volume. This makes sense for tape drives but is a problem when one wants to invoke dump automatically/noninteractively, e.g. from cron(8). The pipecommand (-P) option could be a great solution (just invoke a script that handles all the heavy lifting) but there's no way to turn off the questions. Not even yes(1) can solve this as dump(8) always explicitly reads from /dev/tty instead of stdin. This patch simply adds a flag to skip the query. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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