>>>>> "Head" == Head Anarchy Conquest Knight Esquire of the Realm <greywolf@starwolf.starwolf.com> writes:
    Head> The problem with that, and this is actually one of dump's major
    Head> selling points, is that dump prepends a table of contents to the
    Head> beginning of the dump.  This is what allows an interactive

  I think this is a major feature, but it does render -t useful for
*verifying* a backup. I've been bitten by this problem on numerous occasions.
  I need to add -T or -V to restore to make it note the highest numbered
inode, and attempt to restore that file from tape to /dev/null in order to
force the entire tape to be read. No, I won't do this all the time, but I
sure *will* do this at least once a month, and anytime I mess with kernels,
SCSI controllers, disks, tapes, or *termination*.

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