From owner-freebsd-bugs Sat Oct 18 09:20:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA24106 for bugs-outgoing; Sat, 18 Oct 1997 09:20:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA24082; Sat, 18 Oct 1997 09:20:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 09:20:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199710181620.JAA24082@hub.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs Cc: From: Garrett Wollman Subject: Re: docs/4785: manual page for dump incorrect Reply-To: Garrett Wollman Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The following reply was made to PR docs/4785; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Garrett Wollman To: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/4785: manual page for dump incorrect Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 12:11:47 -0400 (EDT) < As Matthew Dillon wrote: >> It says "last dump of the SAME or lower level". As best as I can >> determine, dump's actual mechanism is to copy all files new or >> modified since the last dump of a lower level. Not the same level. > Nope, the same level. You can repeatedly dump at the same level (!= > 0), and will get just the increments since the last run. If true, this is totally broken with respect to the way dump has historically worked. The mechanism described by Dillon is the way dump is supposed to work, and if either the program or the documentation disagrees, it should be fixed. Many people's backup strategies depend on the correct behavior. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick