* Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-01-08 17:31]: > On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 03:37:36PM +0100, Henning Brauer wrote: > > > > I know that the FAQ says to just use dump to make backups but what if > > > you want a tape of a specific group of files for archiving? When last > > > did the dump format change? Since it reads the filesystem directly, I'd > > > assume that its filesystem-specific. What if you want portablility > > > across OSs and filesystem types? Is there any more-or-less universal > > > format? > > > > dump format has not changed in ages. you can rely on restore(8) beeing > > able to handle any dump done in quite some time. > > I would scream and strongly object to any changes thereabout :) > > > > However, if you have one directory you wish to put on tape, e.g. as an > archive of old OS .iso's (in case the origionals get scratched), as far > as I know, you can't use dump (which is only for entire filesystems). > Or, is there any reason that you can spit an .iso to the tape directly > (and just remember that it is the third file on the tape)?
dump can handle subsets of filesystems. read the manpage... -- Henning Brauer, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] BS Web Services, http://bsws.de Full-Service ISP - Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services Dedicated Servers, Rootservers, Application Hosting - Hamburg & Amsterdam
