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

dump(8)

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