Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 06:04:17 +1000 From: Greg Black <gjb@comkey.com.au> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> Cc: admin <admin@imediaconsultants.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: anybody able to explain this???? Message-ID: <19990216200417.2107.qmail@alpha.comkey.com.au> In-Reply-To: <19990214212612.A81588@dan.emsphone.com> of Sun, 14 Feb 1999 21:26:12 CST References: <36C78FB8.9A972D98@imediaconsultants.com> <19990214212612.A81588@dan.emsphone.com>
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> > DUMP: Dumping /dev/rsd0s1a (/) to /dev/nrst0 > > DUMP: Dumping /usr to /dev/nrst0 > > dump prints the second line when the filesystem is not a mountpoint. A better way to write that might be: when the "filesystem" is not a filesystem. The point with dump is that it only operates on filesystems. Although it allows you to use directory names, it won't give you any joy unless they have a filesystem mounted on them. If you use device names, then you're sure that you're actually dealing with a filesystem -- and you can also dump filesystems that are not mounted. > I wonder if it wouldn't be a good idea to patch dump to print a better > error in this case. Oh no! Ability to understand dump's diagnostics is one of the things that separates the experienced Unix hackers from the newbies :-) -- Greg Black <gjb@acm.org> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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