Re: Dump Levels

From: Steve O'Hara-Smith (steveo_at_eircom.net)
Date: 11/16/03 

Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 16:08:28 +0100

On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 13:21:53 GMT
"Michael J. Lynn" <mlynn@hatvany.net> wrote:

MJL> Could someone point me to documentation, or otherwise help me to
MJL> understand how dump levels work. All I really want is a monthly full
MJL> and daily differential backups. I am running a level 0 on the 1st of
MJL> the month and a level 1 daily. Since I seem to have full backup sizes
MJL> on the daily I expect I need some education into how this system is
MJL> supposed to work.

        A level n dump dumps everything since the last level n-1 (or
lower) dump. The setup you have described should produce steadily larger
daily dumps through the month. 

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