Dump/restore utilities

This is the home page of the Linux Ext2 filesystem dump/restore utilities.

Dump examines files in a filesystem, determines which ones need to be backed up, and copies those files to a specified disk, tape or other storage medium. Subsequent incremental backups can then be layered on top of the full backup.

The restore command performs the inverse function of dump; it can restore a full backup of a filesystem. Single files and directory subtrees may also be restored from full or partial backups in interractive mode.

As of June 18, 2009, the latest version of dump/restore utilities is 0.4b42.

An experimental patch for dump-0.4b39 can be downloaded here which adds EA/ACL (Extended Attributes/Access Control Lists) support in both dump and restore. This patch has been included in mainstream starting with dump-0.4b40.

Dump is hosted by

Sourceforge here and you can access its features below:

Dowload releases (available in source or RPM format)
Submit or query bugs Please read this before submitting bugs !!!
Subscribe, consult the archives or change your preferences of the dump mailing lists
Access the CVS repository

Here are some dump-related links:

Dump (non-)deprecation FAQ, for those who worry about something Linus said in 2001.
The main page of ext2 filesystem and the associated e2fsprogs utilities (needed to compile dump), maintained by Theodore T'so.
A Japanese dump/restore HOWTO was written by Fukushima Osamu. An english translation is available here.

Thanks to

for hosting this project along many others Open Source projects.

Stelian Pop (web)

Last modified: Mon Jun 22 18:03:01 UTC 2009