X-Git-Url: https://git.wh0rd.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=dump%2Fdump.8.in;h=469ff1b3b82282e9ee299bf827d25f72d957ff9e;hb=20c345aa6780d2b021ce6cdbd812e4f021273640;hp=84e462c6db6ece70aa00696271869a973334e557;hpb=8d4197bb9ba5bbcef21409231ed8903b0cac353a;p=dump.git diff --git a/dump/dump.8.in b/dump/dump.8.in index 84e462c..469ff1b 100644 --- a/dump/dump.8.in +++ b/dump/dump.8.in @@ -30,18 +30,17 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" @(#)dump.8 8.3 (Berkeley) 5/1/95 -.\" $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.1 1999/10/11 13:08:07 stelian Exp $ +.\" $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.11 2000/02/04 20:22:21 stelian Exp $ .\" .Dd __DATE__ .Dt DUMP 8 -.Os "__VERSION__" +.Os "dump __VERSION__" .Sh NAME .Nm dump .Nd ext2 filesystem backup .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm dump -.Op Fl 0123456789acknu +.Op Fl 0123456789ackMnSu .Op Fl B Ar records .Op Fl b Ar blocksize .Op Fl d Ar density @@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ .Op Fl T Ar date .Ar filesystem .Nm dump -.Op Fl 0123456789acknu +.Op Fl 0123456789ackMnSu .Op Fl B Ar records .Op Fl b Ar blocksize .Op Fl d Ar density @@ -112,7 +111,7 @@ tells .Nm dump to copy all files new or modified since the -last dump of the same or lower level. +last dump of a lower level. The default level is 9. .It Fl B Ar records The number of 1 KB blocks per volume. @@ -138,6 +137,12 @@ will constrain writes to MAXBSIZE. .It Fl c Change the defaults for use with a cartridge tape drive, with a density of 8000 bpi, and a length of 1700 feet. +.It Fl e Ar inode +Exclude +.Ar inode +from the dump (you can use +.Ar stat +to find the inode number for a file or directory). .It Fl h Ar level Honor the user .Dq nodump @@ -202,6 +207,14 @@ Note that this label is limited to be at most LBLSIZE (currently 16) characters, which must include the terminating .Ql \e0 . +.It Fl M +Enable the multi-volume feature. The name specified with +.Fl f +is treated as a prefix and +.Nm +writes in sequence to 001, 002 etc. This can be +useful when dumping to files on an ext2 partition, in order to bypass +the 2GB file size limitation. .It Fl n Whenever .Nm @@ -219,6 +232,13 @@ prompts for a new tape. It is recommended to be a bit conservative on this option. The default tape length is 2300 feet. .ne 1i +.It Fl S +Size estimate. Determine the amount of space +that is needed to perform the dump without +actually doing it, and display the estimated +number of bytes it will take. This is useful +with incremental dumps to determine how many +volumes of media will be needed. .It Fl T Ar date Use the specified date as the starting time for the dump instead of the time determined from looking in @@ -381,6 +401,13 @@ The environment variable will be used to determine the pathname of the remote .Xr rmt 8 program. +.It Ev RSH +.Nm Dump +uses the contents of this variable to determine the name of the +remote shell command to use when doing remote backups (rsh, ssh etc.). +If this variable is not set, +.Xr rcmd 3 +will be used, but only root will be able to do remote backups. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width __DUMPDATES__ -compact .It Pa /dev/st0 @@ -438,10 +465,10 @@ for the operator running .Pp .Nm Dump cannot do remote backups without being run as root, due to its -security history. This will be fixed in a later version of -.Bx Free . +security history. Presently, it works if you set it setuid (like it used to be), but this -might constitute a security risk. +might constitute a security risk. Note that you can set RSH to use +a remote shell program instead. .Sh AUTHOR The .Nm dump/restore @@ -455,11 +482,9 @@ Starting with 0.4b5, the new maintainer is Stelian Pop .Sh AVAILABILITY The .Nm dump/restore -backup suit is available for anonymous ftp from tsx-11.mit.edu -in /pub/linux/ALPHA/ext2fs (development versions) or -/pub/linux/packages/ext2fs (stable versions). -.Pp -An alternate downloading location is http://perso.cybercable.fr/pop/dump. +backup suit is available from +.br +http://dump.sourceforge.net .Sh HISTORY A .Nm