dumpdates File

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Purpose

Describes the format of the dumpdates file.

Description

The /etc/dumpdates file holds filesystem backup information for the backup and rdump commands. The dumpdates file is maintained by using the -u option when performing file system backups. The following is the dumpdates data structure:

struct  idates {
        char    id_name[MAXNAMLEN+3];
        char    id_incno;
        time_t  id_ddate;
}

The struct idates describes an entry in the /etc/dumpdates file where the backup history is kept. The fields of the structure are:

Item Description
id_name The name of the file system.
id_incno The level number of the last backup.
id_ddate The date of the incremental backup in system format.
MAXNAMLEN The maximum value of this variable is 255.

Files

Item Description
/etc/dumpdates Specifies the path name of the symbolic link to the dumpdates file.