On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 07:59:43PM -0700, L.A. Walsh wrote: > > > Eric Sandeen wrote: > > > >>On Aug 7, 2015, at 5:50 PM, L.A. Walsh <xfs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>Q: should the versions of xfsdump&restore be the same as the rest of the xfsprogs? > >Nope, they are separate packages with separate versioning. > --- > I see. So how does one tell which version of xfsdump/restore should > be used to "safely" dump (and restore) a file system made > with version i.j.k of xfsprogs(mkfs.xfs) ? Or is that possible? xfsdump does not care what version of the XFS filesystem it operates on as it does not access the raw on-disk srtuctures. i.e. xfsdump/restore are just like any other userspace application that uses standard syscalls and ioctls to read/write information to/from the filesystem. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
