Make dump understand any integer as the dump level.

[dump.git] / dump / dump.8.in

diff --git a/dump/dump.8.in b/dump/dump.8.in
index 1245d849325163b82d1fb1ce4be7836a20fe79bf..487302d89272b94faadce9e3e18bd003f1103b69 100644 (file)
--- a/dump/dump.8.in
+++ b/dump/dump.8.in
@@ -26,14 +26,15 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"

-.\"    $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.55 2004/02/18 16:26:41 stelian Exp $
+.\"    $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.56 2004/04/21 08:55:48 stelian Exp $

 .\"
 .TH DUMP 8 "version __VERSION__ of __DATE__" BSD "System management commands"
 .SH NAME
 dump \- ext2/3 filesystem backup
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B dump 
 .\"
 .TH DUMP 8 "version __VERSION__ of __DATE__" BSD "System management commands"
 .SH NAME
 dump \- ext2/3 filesystem backup
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B dump 

-[\fB\-0123456789ackMnqSuv\fR]
+[\fB\-\fIlevel#\fR]
+[\fB\-ackMnqSuv]

 [\fB\-A \fIfile\fR]
 [\fB\-B \fIrecords\fR]
 [\fB\-b \fIblocksize\fR]
 [\fB\-A \fIfile\fR]
 [\fB\-B \fIrecords\fR]
 [\fB\-b \fIblocksize\fR]


@@ -88,15 +89,16 @@ and all the files and directories must reside on the same filesystem.
 The following options are supported by
 .B dump:
 .TP
 The following options are supported by
 .B dump:
 .TP

-.BI \-0\-9
-Dump levels. A level 0, full backup, guarantees the entire file system is
-copied (but see also the
+.BI \-level#
+The dump level (any integer). A level 0, full backup, guarantees the
+entire file system is copied (but see also the

 .B \-h
 option below). A level number above 0, incremental backup, tells
 .B dump
 to
 copy all files new or modified since the last dump of a lower level. The 
 .B \-h
 option below). A level number above 0, incremental backup, tells
 .B dump
 to
 copy all files new or modified since the last dump of a lower level. The 

-default level is 9.
+default level is 9. Historically only levels 0 to 9 were usable in
+dump, this version is able to understand any integer as a dump level.

 .TP
 .BI \-a 
 \*(lqauto-size\*(rq. Bypass all tape length calculations, and write until an 
 .TP
 .BI \-a 
 \*(lqauto-size\*(rq. Bypass all tape length calculations, and write until an