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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!vtc.tacom.army.mil!news1.oakland.edu!wsu-cs!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!gatech!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!sun4nl!knoware.nl!news.utrecht.knoware.nl!usenet From: niek@knoware.nl (Niek Rijnbout) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Help Please: dump syntax problem Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 23:49:14 GMT Organization: Knoware Lines: 17 Message-ID: <3v1bg8$jk@news.knoware.nl> References: <3uhsih$bro@westie.mid.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: niek.knoware.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 alan@mid.net (Alan Hannan) wrote: >: # /sbin/dump -s 100000 -0uf /usr/sd0h.dumpo /dev/rsd0h >: Unknown arguments to dump: /usr/sd0h.dumpo /dev/rsd0h Yup, the getops of dump want the options first, and then the parameters to the options. So you're command line would be: dump -0suf 1000000 /usr/sd0h.dumpo /dev/rsd0h 0 no parameters s 1000000 u no parameters f /usr/sd0h/dumpo (I did not check the logic of the parameters) Niek.