On freebsd 5.x there is a snapshot optiont to dump (the -L switch).  It
creates a read only clone of the structure and then dumps that.  

On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 10:16:00 -0500, "Jason Lavigne" <jlavigne AT bwlogic DOT com>
said:
> What do you all recommend for this? I was thinking of using cron to make
> a clone (copy) of the directory that could have open files in it and
> then backup the cloned directory, is this what the rest of you do? As
> you know the FAQ is vague on this subject and I have not yet finished
> reading the "chapter".
> 
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> 
> TIA
> 
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> 
> Jay
> 
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> I am assuming I am getting this STRANGE error due to open files
> 
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> 
> FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY:
> 
>   dns1.bwlog /usr/local/vpopmail lev 0 STRANGE
> 
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> 
> FAILED AND STRANGE DUMP DETAILS:
> 
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> 
> /-- dns1.bwlog /usr/local/vpopmail lev 0 STRANGE
> 
> sendbackup: start [dns1.bwlogic.com:/usr/local/vpopmail level 0]
> 
> sendbackup: info BACKUP=/usr/local/bin/gtar
> 
> sendbackup: info RECOVER_CMD=/usr/local/bin/gtar -f... -
> 
> sendbackup: info end
> 
> ? gtar:
> ./domains/bwlogic.com/jlavigne/Maildir/new/1067955383.93335.dns1.bwlogic
> .com,S=3913: Warning: Cannot stat: (null) ? gtar:
> ./domains/bwlogic.com/pager-forward/Maildir/new/1067955385.93340.dns1.bw
> logic.com,S=4017: Warning: Cannot stat: (null)
> 
> | Total bytes written: 169175040 (161MB, 448kB/s)
> 
> sendbackup: size 165210
> 
> sendbackup: end
> 
> \--------
> 
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