From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 1 02:50:07 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F181D106567A for ; Tue, 1 Jul 2008 02:50:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE9AA8FC1F for ; Tue, 1 Jul 2008 02:50:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m612o7t2094256 for ; Tue, 1 Jul 2008 02:50:07 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m612o7sl094254; Tue, 1 Jul 2008 02:50:07 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 02:50:07 GMT Message-Id: <200807010250.m612o7sl094254@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org From: "Ben Kaduk" Cc: Subject: Re: docs/75865: comments on "backup-basics" in handbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Ben Kaduk List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:50:08 -0000 The following reply was made to PR docs/75865; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Ben Kaduk" To: bug-followup@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: Re: docs/75865: comments on "backup-basics" in handbook Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:16:39 -0400 I think the inline patch should take care of this -- the other programs listed on the page do not seem to document using /tmp or other places for intermediate files. Note that I also reworeded a couple of sentences to avoid starting sentences with (lowercase) command names, as well. If gmail mangles whitespace, the patch can also be found at http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb.mit.edu/user/kaduk/freebsd/patches/disks.diff.2008.07.01 -Ben Kaduk --- chapter.sgml.0 2008-06-30 21:11:24.000000000 -0400 +++ chapter.sgml 2008-06-30 22:09:30.000000000 -0400 @@ -2380,12 +2380,19 @@ dump and restore. They operate on the drive as a collection of disk blocks, below the abstractions of files, links and directories that are created by - the file systems. dump backs up an entire + the file systems. Unlike other backup software, + dump backs up an entire file system on a device. It is unable to backup only part of a file system or a directory tree that spans more than one - file system. dump does not write files and + file system. The dump command does not write files and directories to tape, but rather writes the raw data blocks that - comprise files and directories. + comprise files and directories. When being used to extract + data, restore stores temporary files + in /tmp/ by default &emdash; if you are + operating from a recovery disk with a small + /tmp directory, you may need to set the + TMPDIR environment variable to a directory + with more free space for the restore to be successful. If you use dump on your root directory, you would not back up /home,