From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 20 02:43:05 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E44116A417 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:43:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B54C713C4DD for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:43:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m0K2gvxs031774; Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:42:57 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) with ESMTP id m0K2guVq031771; Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:42:57 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:42:56 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Chris Maness In-Reply-To: <4792B1DF.3030600@chrismaness.com> Message-ID: <20080119194048.O31755@wonkity.com> References: <4792B1DF.3030600@chrismaness.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:42:57 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dump Command? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:43:05 -0000 On Sat, 19 Jan 2008, Chris Maness wrote: > Is it possible to dump a file system except for a specified directory? Or > does the dump command require that the WHOLE file system is dumped? I > remember gtar being able to negate archiving specific files. See the dump man page for the "nodump" flag, which can be set with chflags(1). -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA