Added bzip2 compression to dump.

[dump.git] / dump / dump.8.in

diff --git a/dump/dump.8.in b/dump/dump.8.in
index a3763a52ac352d83f7be423d94f55dceb8705231..129001ce549870db4fdccc73d7db7fec978c0f68 100644 (file)
--- 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 1.29 2001/07/18 13:12:33 stelian Exp $
+.\"    $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.32 2001/08/16 15:24:21 stelian Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd __DATE__
 .Dt DUMP 8
@@ -40,14 +40,16 @@
 .Nd ext2 filesystem backup
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm dump
-.Op Fl 0123456789ackMnSu
+.Op Fl 0123456789ackMnqSu
 .Op Fl B Ar records
 .Op Fl b Ar blocksize
 .Op Fl d Ar density
-.Op Fl e Ar inode number
+.Op Fl e Ar inode numbers
+.Op Fl E Ar file
 .Op Fl f Ar file
 .Op Fl F Ar script
 .Op Fl h Ar level
+.Op Fl j Ar compression level
 .Op Fl L Ar label
 .Op Fl Q Ar file
 .Op Fl s Ar feet
@@ -141,12 +143,21 @@ The default blocksize is 10.
 Change the defaults for use with a cartridge tape drive, with a density
 of 8000 bpi, and a length of 1700 feet. Specifying a cartridge drive
 overrides the end-of-media detection.
-.It Fl e Ar inode
+.It Fl e Ar inodes
 Exclude 
-.Ar inode
-from the dump (you can use 
+.Ar inodes
+from the dump. The
+.Ar inodes
+parameter is a comma separated list of inode numbers (you can use
 .Ar stat 
 to find the inode number for a file or directory).
+.It Fl E Ar file
+Read list of inodes to be excluded from the dump from the text file
+.Ar file .
+The file 
+.Ar file
+should be an ordinary file containing inode numbers separated by
+newlines.
 .It Fl h Ar level
 Honor the user
 .Dq nodump
@@ -210,6 +221,15 @@ For security reasons,
 .Nm
 reverts back to the real user ID and the real group ID before 
 running the script.
+.It Fl j Ar compression level
+Compress every block to be written on the tape using bzlib library. This
+option will work only when dumping to a file or pipe or, when dumping
+to a tape drive, if the tape drive is capable of writing variable 
+length blocks. You will need at least the 0.4b24 version of restore in 
+order to extract compressed tapes. Tapes written using compression will
+not be compatible with the BSD tape format. The (optional) parameter 
+specifies the compression level bzlib will use. The default compression
+level is 2.
 .It Fl k
 Use Kerberos authentication to talk to remote tape servers.  (Only
 available if this option was enabled when
@@ -243,6 +263,11 @@ notify all operators in the group
 .Dq operator
 by means similar to a
 .Xr wall 1 .
+.It Fl q
+Make
+.Nm
+abort immediately whenever operator attention is required,
+without prompting in case of write errors, tape changes etc.
 .It Fl Q Ar file
 Enable the Quick File Access support. Tape positions for each
 inode are stored into the file