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authorChris Abela <chris.abela@maltats.com>2010-05-11 22:55:15 +0200
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+DUMP (dump and restore backup commands)
+
+Dump examines files in a filesystem, determines which ones need to be
+backed up, and copies those files to a specified disk, tape or other
+storage medium. Subsequent incremental backups can then be layered on top
+of the full backup.
+
+You might want to read this post by Linus:
+ http://lwn.net/2001/0503/a/lt-dump.php3
+and the counter-argument on
+ http://dump.sourceforge.net/isdumpdeprecated.html
+
+
+SLACKWARE ISSUES WITH DUMP/RESTORE/RMT
+
+Dump package conflicts with these two files from the tar package:
+ the rmt man page: /usr/man/man8/rmt.8.gz
+ and the restore application: /usr/sbin/restore
+Installing the dump package will overwrite these files.
+
+Should you remove the dump package, you may note that the two files
+referred to above will not be removed because they are "shared" with
+the tar package. You will need to reinstall the stock tar package.
+
+With regards to rmt, the tar package installs it to /sbin/rmt while the
+dump package installs it in /usr/sbin/rmt - these two are not identical.
+You can be sure to call the relevant rmt application by qualifying the
+full path to the desired rmt executable.