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Recommend setting TMPDIR to a larger file system in cases where /tmp

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is small and restore eats the space.

PR:		75865
Submitted by:	"Ben Kaduk" <minimarmot@gmail.com>
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Tom Rhodes 2008-12-24 10:54:09 +00:00
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en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml
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<command>dump</command> and <command>restore</command>. They
operate on the drive as a collection of disk blocks, below the
abstractions of files, links and directories that are created by
the file systems. <command>dump</command> backs up an entire
the file systems. Unlike other backup software,
<command>dump</command> backs up an entire
file system on a device. It is unable to backup only part of a
file system or a directory tree that spans more than one
file system. <command>dump</command> does not write files and
file system. The <command>dump</command> command does not write files and
directories to tape, but rather writes the raw data blocks that
comprise files and directories.</para>
comprise files and directories. When being used to extract
data, <command>restore</command> stores temporary files
in <filename>/tmp/</filename> by default &emdash; if you are
operating from a recovery disk with a small
<filename>/tmp</filename> directory, you may need to set the
<envar>TMPDIR</envar> environment variable to a directory
with more free space for the restore to be successful.</para>
<note><para>If you use <command>dump</command> on your root directory, you
would not back up <filename>/home</filename>,