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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man8/dump.8 b/static/openbsd/man8/dump.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..22c0c8e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man8/dump.8 @@ -0,0 +1,492 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: dump.8,v 1.56 2022/10/13 21:37:05 jmc Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: dump.8,v 1.17 1997/06/05 11:15:06 lukem Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 +.\" Regents of the University of California. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)dump.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/16/93 +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: October 13 2022 $ +.Dt DUMP 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm dump , +.Nm rdump +.Nd filesystem backup +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm dump +.Bk -words +.Op Fl 0123456789acnSuWw +.Op Fl B Ar records +.Op Fl b Ar blocksize +.Op Fl d Ar density +.Op Fl f Ar file +.Op Fl h Ar level +.Op Fl s Ar feet +.Op Fl T Ar date +.Ar files-to-dump +.Ek +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +examines files +on a filesystem +and determines which files +need to be backed up. +These files are copied to the given disk, tape or other +storage medium for safe keeping. +A dump that is larger than the output medium is broken into +multiple volumes. +On most media the size is determined by writing until an +end-of-media indication is returned. +This can be enforced by using the +.Fl a +option. +.Pp +.Nm +works across networks, +replacing the functionality of the old +.Nm rdump +program +(though +.Nm +may still be invoked as +.Nm rdump ) . +See the +.Fl f +option for more on writing backups to remote hosts. +.Pp +Files can be marked with the +.Dq nodump +flag using +.Xr chflags 1 , +settable only by the file's owner or the superuser. +Files with this flag set will only be dumped during full backups. +When set on a directory, +.Dq nodump +effectively deselects the whole subtree from being dumped, +though it will still be scanned. +See also the +.Fl h +option, below. +.Pp +On media that cannot reliably return an end-of-media indication +(such as some cartridge tape drives), +each volume is of a fixed size; +the actual size is determined by the tape size, density and/or +block count options below. +By default, the same output file name is used for each volume +after prompting the operator to change media. +.Pp +Rewinding or ejecting tape features after a close operation on +a tape device depend on the name of the tape unit device used. +See the +.Fl f +option and +.Xr st 4 +for more information. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl 0\-9 +Dump levels. +A level 0, full backup, +guarantees the entire file system is copied +(but see also the +.Fl h +option below). +A level number above 0, +incremental backup, +tells +.Nm +to +copy all files new or modified since the +last dump of a lower level. +The default level is 0. +.It Fl a +.Dq auto-size . +Bypass all tape length considerations, and enforce writing until +an end-of-media indication is returned. +This option is recommended for most modern tape drives. +Use of this option is particularly +recommended when appending to an existing tape, or using a tape +drive with hardware compression (where you can never be sure about +the compression ratio). +.It Fl B Ar records +The number of kilobytes per volume, rounded +down to a multiple of the blocksize. +This option overrides the calculation of tape size +based on length and density. +.It Fl b Ar blocksize +The number of kilobytes per dump record. +Since the I/O system slices all requests into chunks of MAXBSIZE +(typically 64KB), it is not possible to use a larger blocksize +without having problems later with +.Xr restore 8 . +Therefore +.Nm +will constrain writes to MAXBSIZE. +.It Fl c +Change the defaults for use with a cartridge tape drive, with a density +of 8000 bpi, and a length of 1700 feet. +.It Fl d Ar density +Set tape density to +.Ar density . +The default is 1600BPI. +.It Fl f Ar file +Write the backup to +.Ar file ; +.Ar file +may be a special device file +like +.Pa /dev/rst0 +(a tape drive), +.Pa /dev/rsd1c +(a disk drive), +an ordinary file, +or +.Sq - +(the standard output). +See also the +.Ev TAPE +environment variable, below. +.Pp +Multiple file names may be given as a single argument separated by commas. +Each file will be used for one dump volume in the order listed; +if the dump requires more volumes than the number of names given, +the last file name will be used for all remaining volumes after prompting +for media changes. +If the name of the file is of the form +.Dq host:file +or +.Dq user@host:file , +.Nm +writes to the named file on the remote host using +.Xr rmt 8 . +.It Fl h Ar level +Honor the user +.Dq nodump +flag (see above), +only for dumps at or above the given +.Ar level . +The default honor level is 1, +so that incremental backups omit such files +but full backups retain them. +.It Fl n +Whenever +.Nm +requires operator attention, +notify all operators in the group +.Dq operator +by means similar to a +.Xr wall 1 . +.It Fl S +Display an estimate of the backup size and the number of tapes +required, and exit without actually performing the dump. +.It Fl s Ar feet +Attempt to calculate the amount of tape needed +at a particular density. +If this amount is exceeded, +.Nm +prompts for a new tape. +It is recommended to be a bit conservative on this option. +The default tape length is 2300 feet. +.It Fl T Ar date +Use the specified date as the starting time for the dump +instead of the time determined from looking in +.Pa /etc/dumpdates . +The format of +.Ar date +is the same as that of +.Xr ctime 3 . +This option is useful for automated dump scripts that wish to +dump over a specific period of time. +The +.Fl T +flag is mutually exclusive from the +.Fl u +flag. +.It Fl u +Update the file +.Pa /etc/dumpdates +after a successful dump. +The format of +.Pa /etc/dumpdates +is human readable, consisting of one +free format record per line: +filesystem name (defaults to +.Xr disklabel 8 +UID when possible), +increment level +and +.Xr ctime 3 +format dump date. +There may be only one entry per filesystem at each level. +The file +.Pa /etc/dumpdates +may be edited to change any of the fields, +if necessary. +If a list of files or subdirectories is being dumped +(as opposed to an entire filesystem), then +.Fl u +is ignored. +.It Fl W +.Nm +tells the operator what file systems need to be dumped. +This information is gleaned from the files +.Pa /etc/dumpdates +and +.Pa /etc/fstab . +The +.Fl W +flag causes +.Nm +to print out, for each file system in +.Pa /etc/dumpdates , +the most recent dump date and level, +and highlights those file systems that should be dumped. +If the +.Fl W +flag is set, all other options are ignored, and +.Nm +exits immediately. +.It Fl w +Same as +.Fl W , +but prints only those filesystems which need to be dumped. +.El +.Pp +.Ar files-to-dump +is either a mount point of a filesystem +or a list of files and directories on a single filesystem to be backed +up as a subset of the filesystem. +In the former case, either the path to a mounted filesystem, +the device of an unmounted filesystem or the +.Xr disklabel 8 +UID can be used. +In the latter case, certain restrictions are placed on the backup: +.Fl u +is ignored, the only dump level that is supported is +.Fl 0 , +and all of the files must reside on the same filesystem. +If no options are specified, the first of the +.Ar files-to-dump +must contain a +.Ql / +character to prevent it from being interpreted as a +.Bx 4.3 +option string. +.Pp +.Nm +requires operator intervention on these conditions: +end of tape, +end of dump, +tape write error, +tape open error or +disk read error (if there is more than a threshold of 32). +In addition to alerting all operators implied by the +.Fl n +flag, +.Nm +interacts with the operator on +.Nm dump Ns 's +controlling terminal at times when +.Nm +can no longer proceed, +or if something is grossly wrong. +All questions +.Nm +poses +.Em must +be answered by typing +.Dq yes +or +.Dq no , +appropriately. +.Pp +Since making a dump involves a lot of time and effort for full dumps, +.Nm +checkpoints itself at the start of each tape volume. +If writing that volume fails for some reason, +.Nm +will, +with operator permission, +restart itself from the checkpoint +after the old tape has been rewound and removed, +and a new tape has been mounted. +.Pp +.Nm +tells the operator what is going on at periodic intervals, +including usually low estimates of the number of blocks to write, +the number of tapes it will take, the time to completion, and +the time to the tape change. +The output is verbose, +so that others know that the terminal +controlling +.Nm +is busy, +and will be for some time. +.Pp +If +.Nm +receives a +.Dv SIGINFO +signal +(see the +.Dq status +argument of +.Xr stty 1 ) +whilst a backup is in progress, statistics on the amount completed, +current transfer rate, and estimated finished time, will be written +to the standard error output. +.Pp +In the event of a catastrophic disk event, the time required +to restore all the necessary backup tapes or files to disk +is dependent on the levels of the dumps taken. +A few methods of staggering incremental dumps to either minimize +backup effort or restore effort follow: +.Bl -bullet -offset indent +.It +Always start with a level 0 backup, for example: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +# /sbin/dump -0u -f /dev/nrst1 /usr/src +.Ed +.Pp +This should be done at set intervals, say once a month or once every two months, +and on a set of fresh tapes that is saved forever. +.It +After the level 0 dump, +backups of active file systems are taken on each day in a cycle of a week. +Once a week, a level 1 dump is taken. +The other days of the week a higher level dump is done. +.Pp +The following cycle needs at most three tapes to restore to a given point +in time, +but the dumps at the end of the weekly cycle will require more +time and space: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +1 2 2 2 2 2 2 +.Ed +.Pp +This sequence requires at most eight tapes to restore, +but the size of the individual dumps will be smaller: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +1 2 3 4 5 6 7 +.Ed +.Pp +This sequence seeks a compromise between backup and restore effort: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +1 2 2 3 3 4 4 +.Ed +.Pp +The weekly level 1 dumps should be done on a set of tapes that +is used cyclically. +For the daily dumps a tape per day of the week can be used. +.It +After several months or so, the daily and weekly tapes should get +rotated out of the dump cycle and fresh tapes brought in. +.El +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +.Bl -tag -width /etc/dumpdates +.It Ev TAPE +The default file to use instead of +.Pa /dev/rst0 . +See also +.Fl f , +above. +.El +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /etc/dumpdates -compact +.It Pa /dev/rst0 +default tape unit to dump to +.It Pa /dev/rst* +raw SCSI tape interface +.It Pa /etc/dumpdates +dump date records +.It Pa /etc/fstab +dump table: file systems and frequency +.It Pa /etc/group +to find group +.Em operator +.El +.Sh EXIT STATUS +.Nm +exits with zero status on success. +Startup errors are indicated with an exit code of 1; +abnormal termination is indicated with an exit code of 3. +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +Many, and verbose. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr chflags 1 , +.Xr stty 1 , +.Xr fts_open 3 , +.Xr rcmd 3 , +.Xr st 4 , +.Xr fstab 5 , +.Xr restore 8 , +.Xr rmt 8 +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Nm +command appeared in +.At v4 . +.Pp +The +.Bx 4.3 +option syntax is implemented for backward compatibility but +is not documented here. +.Sh BUGS +Fewer than 32 read errors on the filesystem are ignored. +.Pp +Each reel requires a new process, so parent processes for +reels already written just hang around until the entire tape +is written. +.Pp +.Nm +with the +.Fl W +or +.Fl w +flag does not report filesystems that have never been recorded +in +.Pa /etc/dumpdates , +even if listed in +.Pa /etc/fstab . +.Pp +When dumping a list of files or subdirectories, access privileges are +required to scan the directory (as this is done via the +.Xr fts_open 3 +routines rather than directly accessing the filesystem). +.Pp +It would be nice if +.Nm +knew about the dump sequence, +kept track of the tapes scribbled on, +told the operator which tape to mount when, +and provided more assistance +for the operator running +.Xr restore 8 . |
