Re: [Dump-users] Excluding directories and their sub-directories from dump

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On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Michael Walma wrote:

> My questions are: will using the '-e' option to exclude an inode  
> associated with a directory exclude all its sub-directories as well  
> and, more generally; will my scheme work?

Yes.
Another method:
chattr +d /boot /var; dump -h0 ...; chattr -d /boot /var

Cheers, Peter

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