Specifying a name for a backup

You can name a backup and, if you use the u option, have the name of the backup recorded in the /etc/dumpdates file. You do this in two situations:

You are specifying a list of directories or files in the backup with the l option.
You want to monitor the backup history of a backup.

To specify a name for a backup, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	Include the `n` option in the `dump` command line.
2	Include a name for the backup as an argument to the `n` option.

The following command gives the name thisbackup to a backup:

A line like the following appears in the /etc/dumpdates file:

thisbackup 0 Tue Jul 24 20:40:09 2001