Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 10:48:01 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/dump dump.8 main.c Message-ID: <20021203104801.A18375@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <200212031821.gB3IL9qc066627@repoman.freebsd.org>; from mckusick@FreeBSD.org on Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 10:21:09AM -0800 References: <200212031821.gB3IL9qc066627@repoman.freebsd.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 10:21:09AM -0800, Kirk McKusick wrote: > mckusick 2002/12/03 10:21:09 PST > > Also add an operator warning that the `L' option should be used > if dump is run on a live filesystem without the `L' option being > specified. The alternative would be to silently use a snapshot > any time that a live filesystem is dumped, but this change in > dump semantics seemed too drastic at this time. Would it be possiable/reasionable to add an out of band way to control this such as the existance of a file or a compile time option? I ask because some backup systems like amanda don't do a good job of letting you specify arguments to dump since dump support is rather hardwired. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE97PxgXY6L6fI4GtQRApUmAJ9IUaCdSgQMGBUlElGs/H0wrAiqDACeMMUq ON1Azibz1x/MVr6y8Dtvp0I= =eLqx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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