Re: left over restore file restoresymtable
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:35:49AM +0800, Aiza wrote: The man for restore says this. Note that restore leaves a file restoresymtable in the root directory to pass information between incremental restore passes. This file should be removed when the last incremental has been restored. What root directory is this talking about? If system is booted from cd or dvd then this file can not be written to /root of the booted system. Does this message really mean its written to /root of the just restored file system / It is in the root of whatever filesystem you just restored. That essentially means the mount point value. If you have just restored /usr (correctly by doing:cd /usrrestore -rf ...) then it will be in /usr. Don't worry about it. There is no harm in leaving it there until you get around to it. It just uses up space. jerry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
left over restore file restoresymtable
The man for restore says this. Note that restore leaves a file restoresymtable in the root directory to pass information between incremental restore passes. This file should be removed when the last incremental has been restored. What root directory is this talking about? If system is booted from cd or dvd then this file can not be written to /root of the booted system. Does this message really mean its written to /root of the just restored file system / ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: left over restore file restoresymtable
Aiza wrote: The man for restore says this. Note that restore leaves a file restoresymtable in the root directory to pass information between incremental restore passes. This file should be removed when the last incremental has been restored. What root directory is this talking about? If system is booted from cd or dvd then this file can not be written to /root of the booted system. Does this message really mean its written to /root of the just restored file system / This file is written when a backup is restored. In order for restore to operate it must write. The root it is talking about is the root of whatever file system you are restoring. For example, let's say you backed up /usr (or even /dev/ad0s1d, etc). When you restore that /usr the restoresymtable file will be at the root of /usr. Same for any other partition. -Mike ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
restoresymtable
Inspecting the /usr directory I came across a 10MB file called restoresymtable Anybody got some idea where this came from? Can I safely delete it? How could it be created in the first place? -- dick -- http://www.nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 4.8 ++ Debian GNU/Linux (Woody) ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: restoresymtable
--On Wednesday, July 09, 2003 23:02:20 +0200 Dick Hoogendijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Inspecting the /usr directory I came across a 10MB file called restoresymtable Anybody got some idea where this came from? Can I safely delete it? How could it be created in the first place? it's from restore (as in dump/restore). It's used by that process. I **BELIEVE** it is safe to kill it after the restore. -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: restoresymtable
- Original Message - From: Dick Hoogendijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: freebsd-questions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 11:03 PM Subject: restoresymtable Inspecting the /usr directory I came across a 10MB file called restoresymtable Anybody got some idea where this came from? Can I safely delete it? How could it be created in the first place? It was created by the restore program (recently restored a partion backed up with dump?). From the ever useful man restore: Note that restore leaves a file restoresymtable in the root directory to pass information between incremental restore passes. This file should be removed when the last incremental has been restored. - Mark ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: restoresymtable
Quick search on google, brought up the following: If you use the -r option to the restore command, it will create this file. This is a checkpoint file, which the restore command uses when you are restoring from multiple tapes. For example, suppose you had a level 0 (full) dump tape from a week ago and a level 1 (incremental) dump tape from yesterday and you need to restore the entire disk. You would run the restore -r command on the full dump tape first, and then on the incremental dump tape to pick up the latest changes. The restore command with the -r option assumes that additional restores may be coming and so creates that restoresymtable file as an aid to help the next restore command determine which directories or files need updating, creating, or deleting. The restore -x option does not create this file, because it assumes no further restores are coming. After you are finished restoring your disk, you SHOULD remove the restoresymtable file. You do not want this file to appear on your next dump backup. If a dump with that file is used for a future restore operation, the old restoresymtable file could end up overwriting the one that is being created at that time. Peter At 11:02 PM 7/9/2003 +0200, you wrote: Inspecting the /usr directory I came across a 10MB file called restoresymtable Anybody got some idea where this came from? Can I safely delete it? How could it be created in the first place? -- dick -- http://www.nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 4.8 ++ Debian GNU/Linux (Woody) ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anything below this line, is considered a signature line. If you do not know what a signature is within an email STOP here and do not read any further. Thank you. _ Peter Elsner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vice President Of Customer Service (And System Administrator) 1835 S. Carrier Parkway Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 (972) 263-2080 - Voice (972) 263-2082 - Fax (972) 489-4838 - Cell Phone (425) 988-8061 - eFax I worry about my child and the Internet all the time, even though she's too young to have logged on yet. Here's what I worry about. I worry that 10 or 15 years from now, she will come to me and say Daddy, where were you when they took freedom of the press away from the Internet? -- Mike Godwin Unix IS user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are. System Administration - It's a dirty job, but somebody said I had to do it. If you receive something that says 'Send this to everyone you know, pretend you don't know me. Standard $500/message proofreading fee applies for UCE. (NOTE: UCE is Unsolicited Commercial Email also known as SPAM or junk mail). ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
