[PLUG] Re: The command line hates me

[Elliott Mitchell]

>From: "John Jordan" <johnxj at comcast.net>
> So today I decide it's about time to make a backup to the pocket 
> drive. I put the cable in a USB port, open my special file where I 
> keep command lines that I can never remember, then copy and 
> paste the dump command line to a terminal:
> 
> sudo dump 0uf /media/usbdisk/<filename>
> 
> And after I give it my pass it says:
> 
> DUMP: must specify disk or filename
> DUMP: the ENTIRE dump is aborted
> 
> The command I pasted in worked last time (after changing the 
> filename, of course.)

You're either leaving out the archive name or the filesystem name. The
'f' option needs to be directly followed by the archive/output filename,
and then after that you specify the name of the filesystem you wish to
save.


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