----- Original Message ----- From: "Blake Swensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "FreeBSD List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 9:59 AM Subject: Dump and nodump flag?
> The manual for dump states: > > ... > -h level > Honor the user ``nodump'' flag (UF_NODUMP) only for dumps at or > above the given level. The default honor level is 1, so that > incremental backups omit such files but full backups retain them. > ... > > I have looked at the several man pages referenced by this, and searched > the mailing list archives. I want to take advantage of this feature but > cannot find how to set this flag. > > This is really an attempt to only back up part of a file system on a > dump run. For instance, /dev/ad2s1e is mounted at > /usr/exports/corporate and contains > /usr/exports/corporate/reallyimportant and /usr/exports/corporate/justjunk. > > I really don't care to back up justjunk, but since both justjunk and > reallyimportant are in the same filesystem I really cannot do: > dump ..... /user/exports/corporate/reallyimportant. > > Was thinking that the nodump flag might be the answer... if I could find > out how to set it, and if nobody else has a better idea. This and other flags are set via the 'chflags' utility. Check the man page. Cheers, Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
