.TH DOADUMP 8 "UKC local %G%"
doadump,dumpall \- perform cyclic file system dumps
is used to perform cyclic dumps of the filesystem given as an argument.
It uses the locally added tape labelling facilities of the
command and some data files on /etc/dumpdata which give the current
dump state and a description of the cycle which is to be used.
.B /etc/dumpdata/dumpcycle
which contains lines of data which specify which tape set and dump level
are to be used for a particular dump in the cycle.
The file can contain lines starting with `#' which are comments.
The columns on the file are tab separated and are:
.TP "\w'Cycle number'u+3"
the name of the device to be dumped, this is the block device name
This is a number which defines the state number in the cycle to which this
The entry gives the next entry in the cycle.
The dump level which is to be used for the dump.
A single tape, a tape range or a list of tapes which are to be used for the
The program maintains a file called /etc/dumpdata/<device>.state
cycle number of the last dump action on that file system.
program to determine which file systems require dumping and calls doadump
/etc/dumpdata/<device>.state
dump(8), restore(8), dumplabel(8)