Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:01:51 +0000 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: Bram Schoenmakers <bramschoenmakers@xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 'nodump' on directories: new contents still dumped Message-ID: <45FA791F.2070004@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <200703151953.36380.bramschoenmakers@xs4all.nl> References: <200703151857.19679.bramschoenmakers@xs4all.nl> <200703151437.30390.lists@jnielsen.net> <200703151953.36380.bramschoenmakers@xs4all.nl>
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Bram Schoenmakers wrote: >>On Thursday 15 March 2007 13:57, Bram Schoenmakers wrote: >> >> >>>I'm using dump(8) for backing up a FreeBSD 4.10 server. >>> >>> [...] >>>The problem is that new files appearing in the /usr/ports tree (daily >>>portsnap cron) do not have the 'nodump' flag set. But despite the >>>'nodump' flag on the /usr/ports directory, the new files in the tree are >>>still dumped. >>> >>>I understood that dump does not enter directories with 'nodump' flag set, >>>so it shouldn't see the new files inside, right? Or is this behavior >>>implemented in a newer version than FreeBSD 4.10? I have scanned the CVS >>>logs for dump, but couldn't find anything relevant. >>> >>> >-h 0 just works fine, that is not the problem. > >I may have forgotten one detail in case that was not clear. The level 0 backup >does not contain any folder marked with 'nodump' (so it's all OK, despite >the -h0 you mentioned). New contents (which have no flags set) in these >folders emerge in higher level dumps. > >The problem is that dump(8) enters directories with 'nodump' flags set while >it shouldn't. > > I'll second what Wojciech said: I've been using nodump flags for some time and never seen the symptoms you describe. I have just verified that 5.4 does not do this for me - even with /usr/ports which I too neglect to dump! However, you are running an ancient, obsolete version (4.10). Can you try explicitly putting a "-h 0" into your incremental command line and see if that makes a difference? If it still does what you describe, show us the exact command line you are using. --Alex
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