There _is_ a -v option to dump which means to re-read the tape and compare
the contents to those on disk; this only works well with quiescent backups,
though.

We take an interesting approach:  We'll do a level zero while the system is
up, then take it down to single-user mode a day later and do a level one.
Sorry if it's not what you're looking for.



				--*greywolf;
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Just because memory, disk and cpu speed are cheap is no excuse for
shoddy programming.