Subject: Re: dump levels
To: Max Bell <mbell@europa.com>
From: James da Silva <jds@cs.umd.edu>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 05/14/1996 18:04:35
 > The manual page for dump(8) in i386 1.1 states that dump level numbers
 > above zero archives those files which were added or changed since *the
 > specified* level or lesser levels.  This is different from the manual
 > pages for dump in other flavors, which state that a given level captures
 > all changes made after the time of the lesser levels only.  I am
 > understanding this to mean that if I did one level zero followed by two
 > level ones, the second level one would be empty under NetBSD but
 > identical to the first level one under others.  Is this true?

No, NetBSD dump behaves in the expected way - the manual page is incorrect.
Jaime
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