From 52ed7d6e29b14c6ec0d7e4427c0b4c3c20084f1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stelian Pop Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 16:31:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] -z option help. --- dump/dump.8.in | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/dump/dump.8.in b/dump/dump.8.in index dd1df89..1ee3c48 100644 --- a/dump/dump.8.in +++ b/dump/dump.8.in @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" 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 @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ .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 @@ -315,6 +315,12 @@ Is like 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 -- 2.39.5