On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 2:11 PM, <and...@msu.edu> wrote: > > Dump levels other than 0 allow you to make partial dumps. > > I used to do dump level 0's at the start of the month. > > Then from Monday to Thursday I'd to dump 9's. Each dump > would save things from the previous 9 (or 0 the first time). > Friday's I'd do a level 8. > > Thus each M-T I'd save the days work, Friday I'd save the > weeks work. Then at the start of the next month a level 0 > dump would make a copy of everything. > > Each dump level going downwards saves all the data from > previous (higher) numbered dumps. > > Just to confirm or unconfuse myself if you're doing dump 9s on Monday to Thursday aren't you getting everything from the previous days each dump rather than just the day before? I thought to get just the files changed on a particular day you'd have to go:
Mon - dump 5 Tues - dump 6 Wed - dump 7 Thurs - dump 8 Fri - dump 4 -- Dethink to survive - Mclusky
