Antoine Jacoutot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 15/03/2007 17:52:58: > On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Yes, you have to set the nodump flags recursively for all files under > >> those directories. > >> ie. chflags -R nodump /path/to/dir > > > > I set this and in fact it works. But that's strange compared to the other > > BSDs and Linux in which the nodump flags on a directory exclude the entire > > sub-tree. > > Yup, well this is not strange, this is just different behaviour ;-)
Ok, I can agree with that, but what good the nodump flag is on a directory, than? It serves no purpuse. > > This also means that every time I want to dump a fs I have to reset the > > nodump flags for all the files in those directories I don't want to > > include as newer files won't keep that. > > Yes. Unconfortable... Thx, D.
