From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 13 17:16:00 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA02769 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 13 Mar 1997 17:16:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA02749 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 1997 17:15:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA02358; Thu, 13 Mar 1997 17:15:21 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 17:15:21 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Gregory James Hormann cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DUMP: missing files. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 13 Mar 1997, Gregory James Hormann wrote: > > > > > My question: what happened to those files? After realizing the problem, I > > > > > check the tape again. I looked in the my home director for .pinerc on the > > > > > tape, and it was listed there, but when I tried to extract it, it said > > > > > "/home/ghormann/.pinerc" is not on the tape. Does dump not back up open > > > > > files? I didn't write to .pinerc (or the libs), during that time, but I > > > > > did have pine open. > > > > > > > > What about the local file? Can restore write to it? > > > > > > I am afraid I don't understand what you mean by "the local file". > > > > The currently existing file on disk. > > Sure, but the file isn't on the tape. Dooh! In that case I'm out of ideas. Odd question. Is this over NFS? There is a discussion in -hackers about potential 'missing file' problems when doing rm -r's from a Sun box over NFS. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major