xfsdump buglets

Hey Bill,

Got a couple of minor xfsdump problems reported to me, they're probably straightforward for someone who knows xfsdump well - here ya go...

cheers.

-------- Forwarded Message --------
From: Peter Chubb <[email protected]>
Reply-To: Peter Chubb <[email protected]>, [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Bug#415080: Poor error message from xfsdump for incorrect args
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:47:50 +1100

Package: xfsdump
Version: 2.2.38-1

I do:
xfsdump -l 0 -p -f afile filesystem
and get
xfsdump: ERROR: -^@ argument missing
because -p needs a numeric argument.

The message should say -p argument missing.
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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

------- Forwarded Message --------
From: Peter Chubb <[email protected]>
Reply-To: Peter Chubb <[email protected]>, [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Bug#415081: xfsdump doesn't accept relative pathnames to mountpoints
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:54:52 +1100

Package: xfsdump
Version: 2.2.38-1

I have a filesystem mounted at /export.

I do:
cd /
xfsdump -l 0 -f /path/to/file export
and see
xfsdump: ERROR: export does not identify a file system

xfsdump -l 0 -f /path/to/file /export

works.
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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

Hi Nathan,

This bug has already been fixed.
See also http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2007-02/msg00010.html

Cheers.
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Kouta Ooizumi
NEC Software Tohoku, Ltd.
[email protected]

Ah, great - thanks for that. Ever seen the second problem reported there before (the wierd absolute vs relative pathname thing)?

cheers.

Nathan