Subject: verifying a backup
To: None <netbsd-help@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Michael C. Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 06/27/1998 17:06:04
How can I verify a backup done with dump?
"restore -tv" just reads the list of files, not all the blocks.
I could do:
(restore -tv ; dd of=/dev/null)
but that won't verify that the blocks are all correct, etc..
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