Re: dump(8) using snapshot + "recommended" cache

2009-02-01 Thread Andrew Hamilton-Wright
On Sun, 1 Feb 2009, RW wrote: ***It is recommended that you always use this option when dumping a snapshot.*** When you dump a snapshot there are, by definition, no changes between passes. So it's saying that in that case there in no reason not to cache. Ah, that makes sense

Re: dump(8) using snapshot + "recommended" cache

2009-02-01 Thread RW
On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 08:59:02 -0400 (AST) Andrew Hamilton-Wright wrote: > > Hi All; > > I regularly use dump(8) with snapshots to back up my server. > > While this seems to have been working perfectly well so far, > upon (re)reading the man page for dump(8), I have noticed a > somewhat scary pai

Re: dump(8) using snapshot + "recommended" cache

2009-02-01 Thread Andrew Hamilton-Wright
I regularly use dump(8) with snapshots to back up my server. While this seems to have been working perfectly well so far, Sorry to follow-up my own post; I just realized I hadn't mentioned any version info. The docs I am reading are the ones associated with 7.1-RELEASE; I haven't checked whe

Re: dump(8) using snapshot + "recommended" cache

2009-02-01 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I regularly use dump(8) with snapshots to back up my server. While this seems to have been working perfectly well so far, upon (re)reading the man page for dump(8), I have noticed a somewhat scary pair of lines in the paragraph describing the option for -C (emphasis with stars mine): [

dump(8) using snapshot + "recommended" cache

2009-02-01 Thread Andrew Hamilton-Wright
Hi All; I regularly use dump(8) with snapshots to back up my server. While this seems to have been working perfectly well so far, upon (re)reading the man page for dump(8), I have noticed a somewhat scary pair of lines in the paragraph describing the option for -C (emphasis with stars mine):