Chris, Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought Linus himself said that using dump on live (mounted) filesystems was a bad idea. I'll see if I can dig up a reference to it...
Thanks for your help! Joe > Chris Lale wrote: > > > > > > Incremental daily backup: > > dump -3u -z -M -B 650000 -f /bkp/home/monday.dump /home > > > > > Whoops! that should be -9 not -3: > dump -9u -z -M -B 650000 -f /bkp/home/daily.dump /home > > The -9 switch causes dump to archive only files that do not exist in the > backup with the next lowest number - in this case the backup for week1 > (-5). You could make a backup for week2 using the -6 switch, and the > next daily backup (-9) would contain only new files not contained in the > week2 backup. > > > Ht is clearer, > > Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
