Joshua Baker-LePain <jlb17 AT duke DOT edu> writes:

> On Fri, 23 Aug 2002 at 12:31pm, Jorge Godoy wrote
>
>>   sendbackup: info end
>>   |   DUMP: You can't update the dumpdates file when dumping a subdirectory
>>   |   DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.
>>   sendbackup: error [/sbin/dump returned 1]
>
> Now do you see the error?
>
> You can't use dump on something that isn't a filesystem (i.e. a line in 
> 'df').  Either configure your dumptypes to use tar or make your disklist 
> entries partitions.

Actually, I've seen that --- but I missed it --- and I didn't know how
to solve it.

I've changed the value to use tar. 


It solved the problem (I'll only be sure in a few hours, when the
backup is over). 


Thanks for pointing me this detail. I won't miss it again :-)

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