So...
-1 will backup the changes from -0
-2 will backup the changes from -1
-3 will backup the changes from -4
and so forth, correct?
(The man page should be updated to elaborate on this issue)

So I should define for each day it own dump level...
i.e.
Saturday 1:00am : dump -0 ...
(Skip Sun and Mon, because previous day not a work day(for us :-))
Tuesday  1:00am : -1
Wednesday 1:00am : -2
Thursday  1:00am : -3
Friday  1:00am : -4
Saturday start over with -0

Does this look like a sane system?

jam

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Hamilton" <hamilton@pobox.com>
Cc: "Wojciech Puchar" <wojtek@wojtek.from.pl>; "John Maier"
<jmaier@midamerica.net>; "Frederick Bruckman" <fb@enteract.com>;
<netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: Tape Backups -- tar vs. dump


>
> In message <20010102221303.F38DC105@woodstock.monkey.net>, Jon Hamilton
wrote:
> }
> } In message <Pine.LNX.4.20.0101022246430.2114-100000@wojtek.from.pl>,
Wojciech
> }  P
> } uchar wrote:
> } } >
> } } > What I plan is to do a -0 backup Saturday morning and then do a
increment
> } al
> } } > backup on the rest of the days.
> } } >
> } } > The man page isn't all that clear on what dump levels other that -0
(zero
> } )
> } } dump level n backup changes since latest dump with level <n
> }
> [ I then jumped in with an incorrect correction ]
>
> Bah, I have to start thinking before typing.  I usually think of dump
> levels the reverse way, and didn't read carefully enough.  What was
written
> originally was correct.  Sorry for the confusion :(  4PM and _still_ not
> enough caffiene.
>
> --
>    Jon Hamilton
>    hamilton@pobox.com
>
>