Hi Luca, on Wednesday, 2005-09-07 at 10:33:44, you wrote: > >touch dumpfile > >dump -f- -e$(ls -i dumpfile | sed 's/ [[:alpha:]]\+//') /some/mount/point > > > >should do roughly what you want. If you use EXT[23] FS that is... > > Uhm, no, I'm using ReiserFS, it's the same xyntax? Or maybe dump does > not work with reiser file system? No, it's FS specific. I just checked http://www.namesys.com/faq.html#dumprestoretar, and it tells you to use gnutar. Should be fine as well if you don't need a bit-for-bit image of the original FS, which dump wouldn't give you either. gnutar's option you're looking for is --exclude. regards Matthias -- I prefer encrypted and signed messages. KeyID: 90CF8389 Fingerprint: 8E 1F 10 81 A4 66 29 46 B9 8A B9 E2 09 9F 3B 91