.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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-.\" $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.54 2004/01/27 10:37:28 stelian Exp $
+.\" $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.55 2004/02/18 16:26:41 stelian Exp $
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.TH DUMP 8 "version __VERSION__ of __DATE__" BSD "System management commands"
.SH NAME
or
.I user@host:file
.B dump
-writes to the named file on the remote host using
+writes to the named file on the remote host (which should already
+exist, dump doesn't create a new remote file) using
.BR rmt (8).
The default path name of the remote
.BR rmt (8)