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Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:11:52 +0100
From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: Jack Mc Lauren <jack.mclauren@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: ugh.  dump / restore problem(s) "Cannot find file dump list"
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On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 01:01:08 -0800 (PST), Jack Mc Lauren wrote:
> There is no - . This is the correct format : restore rf /path/to/dump/files

Really? The manual at "man restore" mentions:

     restore -r [-dDNuvy] [-b blocksize] [-f file | -P pipecommand]
             [-s fileno]

And in the -r section:

                   newfs /dev/da0s1a
                   mount /dev/da0s1a /mnt
                   cd /mnt

                   restore rf /dev/sa0

So it seems that _both_ formats are supported (comparable to
tar).

One of the (in my opinion) most interesting reference sources
for dump/restore also mentions this format:

	# mount /dev/da0s1 /mnt
	# mkdir /tmp/oldvar
	# cd /tmp/oldvar
	# restore -ruf /mnt/var.dump
	# umount /mnt

Source:

http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/backup.html#_em_dump_8_em_em_restore_8_em



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Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
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