Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 09:20:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: docs/4785: manual page for dump incorrect Message-ID: <199710181620.JAA24082@hub.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/4785; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> 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) <<On Sat, 18 Oct 1997 07:00:01 -0700 (PDT), j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) said: > 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
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