On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 06:03:23PM -0700, Aaron J. Grier wrote: > 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.
I took JLM's comments as "can't be used by amanda". If dump won't record/read /etc/dumpdates when dumping a subdirectory, incrementals will be a real problem. > > 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? Not sure if it is used, but gnutar has a similar -N (--newer-mtime) option. But if it is based on "mtime" as the option name suggests, then changes to the inode would be missed. Ufsdump doesn't have a time-based option. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 12027 Creekbend Drive (703) 787-0884 Reston, VA 20194 (703) 787-0922 (fax)
