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Re: Does xfsdump compress automatically?
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Paul Robert Marino <[log in to unmask]>
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Paul Robert Marino <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 25 Aug 2015 13:20:25 -0400
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not to my knowledge

however you can create a compressed version like this

"xfsdump -J - /mount/point |bzip2 -9 > dumpfile.dmp.bz2"

the -J tells it not to record it in the local dump inventory and the "

- " tels it to write to standard out



On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 1:24 AM, ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi All,

>

> I am not finding any command line switches to turn

> compression on with xfsdump.  Is it automatic?

>

> Many thanks,

> -T

>

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