Is it possible to extract some details from a file generated with the dump(8) command on a FreeBSD system? Preferably, I'd like to see the file sizes for each file inside, to see what exactly makes my incrementals so large.
I know there's the interactive mode with restore, but the most detail I can get out of it are inode numbers, which I find quite uninteresting.
Or maybe there's a way to mount a dump file as a loopback filesystem, that would be great too.
Not familiar with BSD's version of dump, but on other systems, restore -Nt will list the files.
However dump/restore is a tool for backing up filesystems - not for backing up files. I would strongly recommend switching to using something else - tar, cpio are obvious choices, my own preference is afio.
Go talk to your business continuity provider - they spend a lot of time restoring backups.
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