Raised the -b maximal value to 1024.

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

diff --git a/dump/dump.8.in b/dump/dump.8.in
index c92f90c3268dc512df280c3c152b2b74569efa31..25819a24f98f4e570ac821c3e7d033ba8026f5d5 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.
 .\"
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"

-.\"    $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.44 2002/07/24 14:12:00 stelian Exp $
+.\"    $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.45 2002/09/02 12:43:12 stelian Exp $

 .\"
 .TH DUMP 8 "version __VERSION__ of __DATE__" BSD "System management commands"
 .SH NAME
 .\"
 .TH DUMP 8 "version __VERSION__ of __DATE__" BSD "System management commands"
 .SH NAME


@@ -115,17 +115,16 @@ to be used by
 to determine whether a file is in the dump file that is being restored.
 .TP
 .BI \-b " blocksize"
 to determine whether a file is in the dump file that is being restored.
 .TP
 .BI \-b " blocksize"

-The number of kilobytes per dump record. Since the IO system slices all
-requests into chunks of 
+The number of kilobytes per dump record. The default blocksize is 10
+and the maximal value is 1024.
+Note however that, since the IO system slices all requests into chunks
+of 

 .B MAXBSIZE
 .B MAXBSIZE

-(typically 64kB), it is not possible to use a larger blocksize without having 
-problems later with
-.BR restore (8).
-Therefore
-.B dump
-will constrain writes to 
-.B MAXBSIZE.
-The default blocksize is 10.
+(which can be as low as 64kB), you can experience problems with
+.BR dump (8)
+and
+.BR restore (8)
+when using a higher value, depending on your kernel and/or libC versions.

 .TP
 .BI \-B " records"
 The number of 1 kB blocks per volume. Not normally required, as
 .TP
 .BI \-B " records"
 The number of 1 kB blocks per volume. Not normally required, as