Re: xfsdump

[ivanr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Ivan Rayner)]

On 11 Jul 2001, Michael Thomas wrote:

> can someone give me an example of how to backup a directory to a file on
> the same drive.
>
> im doing something like
> /usr/sbin/xfsdump -f /data/backup/test.xfsdump -s home
> this gives me the error "source file system not specified.
>
> sorry if this is a stupid question.
> Thanks in advance.


xfsdump -f /data/backup/test.xfsdump -s home /


You have to specify the file system you are backing up (ie. /) and then
you can use -s to limit the backup to a directory tree.

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Ivan Rayner
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