From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list xfs); Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:22:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay.sgi.com (netops-testserver-4.corp.sgi.com [192.26.58.214]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id l2M3Lv6p010028 for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:21:59 -0700 Received: from estes.americas.sgi.com (estes.americas.sgi.com [128.162.236.10]) by netops-testserver-4.corp.sgi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A2F861BBE for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:04:53 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4601F9EB.30201@sgi.com> Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:37:15 -0600 From: Bill Kendall MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: But wait, theres more... [Fwd: Bug#415123: -R option can't append to a plain file] References: <1174252993.5051.233.camel@edge> <17CB3A8C59A80064581C0A32@timothy-shimmins-power-mac-g5.local> In-Reply-To: <17CB3A8C59A80064581C0A32@timothy-shimmins-power-mac-g5.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: xfs To: Timothy Shimmin Cc: nscott@aconex.com, xfs@oss.sgi.com Tim summed it up pretty well. I'd agree it's more of a feature request. In case it isn't clear, the way to resume a dump to a regular file is to point xfsdump at a new file, just like incremental dumps go in a different file than the base dump. Bill Timothy Shimmin wrote: > Hi, > > I'll leave this to Bill. Just a couple of comments. > > I don't know if you can call it a "bug", more of a restriction. > There is a layer provided for the I/O using drive_*.c - > i.e drive_scsitape.c, drive_minrmt.c, drive_simple.c (which show up > as a "drive strategy" on output). > As part of the ds_instantiate() interface one typically sets up the > d_capabilities > that this drive strategy supports and for files (drive_simple), > DRIVE_CAP_APPEND is > not given. What the ramifications for drive_simple (file strategy) are, > I wouldn't know without looking at the code and playing with it. > But I'd call it an RFE :) > > --Tim > > --On 19 March 2007 8:23:13 AM +1100 Nathan Scott wrote: > >> And a free set of steak knives if you fix this bug... ;-) >> >> -------- Forwarded Message -------- >> From: Peter Chubb >> Reply-To: Peter Chubb , >> 415123@bugs.debian.org >> To: submit@bugs.debian.org >> Subject: Bug#415123: -R option can't append to a plain file >> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:54:37 +1100 >> >> Package: xfsdump >> Version: 2.2.38-1 >> >> If I use xfsdump to dump to a plain file, interrupt it, then restart >> with the -R option, xfsdump complains: >> >> xfsdump: ERROR: media contains valid xfsdump but does not support append >> >> which is misleading: of *course* you can append to a regular file if >> there's space on the filesystem. >> >> -- >> Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT >> gelato.unsw.edu.au >> http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au ERTOS within National ICT >> Australia >> >> -- >> Nathan >> > > >