X-Git-Url: https://git.wh0rd.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=dump%2Fdump.8.in;h=bb7503331c73581deeb636401223ed23c1352321;hb=144a6db136ca266241860aadb1af8b2702df97fd;hp=84e462c6db6ece70aa00696271869a973334e557;hpb=8d4197bb9ba5bbcef21409231ed8903b0cac353a;p=dump.git diff --git a/dump/dump.8.in b/dump/dump.8.in index 84e462c..bb75033 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 1.5 1999/11/22 19:08:50 tiniou 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 0123456789acknSu .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 0123456789acknSu .Op Fl B Ar records .Op Fl b Ar blocksize .Op Fl d Ar density @@ -219,6 +218,13 @@ 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 blocks 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 +387,13 @@ 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 +451,10 @@ 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