In message <20040221202311.C581.MAURIC@gmx.ch>, Maurizio Caloro writes:
>question about UFSDUMP
>
>ufsdump confusing my ! please ........
>
>Yesterday i have proved to work with ufsdump on my solaris 9,
>to dump a slice of my disk and that has gone very well ! :-)
>
>command was: =

>	     ufsdump -0uf /dev/rmt/0 /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s4
>	    =

>after this i have forrwarded my tape
>	     mt -f /dev/rmt/0 fsf 1
>
>and i start now the second Backup, if i start this job now
>ufsdump overwrites my first save on my tape,
>and i want this !!!!!=A8


You need to use the "no rewind on close" version of the tape device.  =

On Solaris, I believe that that's /dev/rmt/0n

		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb