RDUMP(8) — System Manager’s Manual — Maintenance Commands
NAME
rdump − file system dump across the network
SYNOPSIS
/etc/rdump [ key [ argument ... ] filesystem ]
DESCRIPTION
Rdump copies to magnetic tape all files changed after a certain date in the filesystem. Rdump is identical in operation to dump(8) except the f key should be specified and the file supplied should be of the form machine:device.
Rdump creates a remote server, /etc/rmt, on the client machine to access the tape device.
SEE ALSO
DIAGNOSTICS
Same as dump(8) with a few extra related to the network.
BUGS
Its speed is limited by the tape transport. Is too much faster than the normal dump program; this leads to people dumping across the net even when they have a local tape drive. Similarly, hard to use tape drives, such as the TS-11, are bypassed in favor of remote transports which are easily accessable.
Sun System Release 0.3 — 7 April 1983