.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.19 2000/12/04 15:43:16 stelian Exp $
+.\" $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.20 2001/02/21 16:31:47 stelian Exp $
.\"
.Dd __DATE__
.Dt DUMP 8
.Nd ext2 filesystem backup
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm dump
-.Op Fl 0123456789ackMnSu
+.Op Fl 0123456789ackMnSuz
.Op Fl B Ar records
.Op Fl b Ar blocksize
.Op Fl d Ar density
but prints only recognized filesystems in
.Pa /etc/fstab
which need to be dumped.
+.It Fl z
+Compress every block to be written on the tape using zlib library. This
+option will work only if the tape drive is capable of writing variable
+length blocks. You will need at least the 0.4b22 version of restore in
+order to extract compressed tapes. Tapes written using compression will
+not be compatible with the BSD tape format.
.El
.Pp
.Nm Dump