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Backup a partition on a BSD box;
 
Backup a partition on a BSD box;
 
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dump -0uan -f - /usr | gzip -2 > /mnt/usr.dump.gz
 
dump -0uan -f - /usr | gzip -2 > /mnt/usr.dump.gz
 
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You can walk a dump file and look at it's contents by running the command;
 
You can walk a dump file and look at it's contents by running the command;
  
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gunzip -c usr.dump.gz | restore -if -
 
gunzip -c usr.dump.gz | restore -if -
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Latest revision as of 07:32, 6 June 2019

Backup a partition on a BSD box;

dump -0uan -f - /usr | gzip -2 > /mnt/usr.dump.gz


Restore a file

You can walk a dump file and look at it's contents by running the command;

gunzip -c usr.dump.gz | restore -if -