On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 10:15:52AM -0400, Jean-Louis Martineau wrote: > >sendbackup: info end > >| DUMP: You can't update the dumpdates file when dumping a subdirectory > >| DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted. > >sendbackup: error [dump (20830) /sbin/dump returned 1] > > Like the message says: You can't use DUMP to backup a subdirectory, DUMP > work only on partition. > You must use GNUTAR to backup a directory.
I beg your pardon, but /sbin/dump is perfectly capable of dumping subdirectories on most unixes. it just won't record (or read) the date of the dump in /etc/dumpdates. a lot of /sbin/dump will accept a -T parameter to specify a date for incrementals. I assume tar requires a similar parameter, perhaps it could be used with /sbin/dump as well? -- Aaron J. Grier | "Not your ordinary poofy goof." | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
