Added -e exclude inode option to dump.

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

diff --git a/dump/dump.8.in b/dump/dump.8.in
index 3fa63c102cb54988ab1ffd0d24762d518e1714c7..469ff1b3b82282e9ee299bf827d25f72d957ff9e 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 1.4 1999/10/30 22:55:51 tiniou Exp $
+.\"    $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.11 2000/02/04 20:22:21 stelian Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd __DATE__
 .Dt DUMP 8
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 .Nd ext2 filesystem backup
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm dump
-.Op Fl 0123456789acknu
+.Op Fl 0123456789ackMnSu
 .Op Fl B Ar records
 .Op Fl b Ar blocksize
 .Op Fl d Ar density
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 .Op Fl T Ar date
 .Ar filesystem
 .Nm dump
-.Op Fl 0123456789acknu
+.Op Fl 0123456789ackMnSu
 .Op Fl B Ar records
 .Op Fl b Ar blocksize
 .Op Fl d Ar density
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ tells
 .Nm dump
 to
 copy all files new or modified since the
-last dump of the same or lower level.
+last dump of a lower level.
 The default level is 9.
 .It Fl B Ar records
 The number of 1 KB blocks per volume.
@@ -137,6 +137,12 @@ will constrain writes to MAXBSIZE.
 .It Fl c
 Change the defaults for use with a cartridge tape drive, with a density
 of 8000 bpi, and a length of 1700 feet.
+.It Fl e Ar inode
+Exclude 
+.Ar inode
+from the dump (you can use 
+.Ar stat 
+to find the inode number for a file or directory).
 .It Fl h Ar level
 Honor the user
 .Dq nodump
@@ -201,6 +207,14 @@ Note that this label is limited
 to be at most LBLSIZE (currently 16) characters, which must include
 the terminating
 .Ql \e0 .
+.It Fl M
+Enable the multi-volume feature. The name specified with 
+.Fl f 
+is treated as a prefix and 
+.Nm
+writes in sequence to <prefix>001, <prefix>002 etc. This can be
+useful when dumping to files on an ext2 partition, in order to bypass
+the 2GB file size limitation.
 .It Fl n
 Whenever
 .Nm
@@ -218,6 +232,13 @@ prompts for a new tape.
 It is recommended to be a bit conservative on this option.
 The default tape length is 2300 feet.
 .ne 1i
+.It Fl S
+Size estimate. Determine the amount of space
+that is needed to perform the dump without
+actually doing it, and display the estimated
+number of bytes it will take. This is useful
+with incremental dumps to determine how many
+volumes of media will be needed.
 .It Fl T Ar date
 Use the specified date as the starting time for the dump
 instead of the time determined from looking in
@@ -461,11 +482,9 @@ Starting with 0.4b5, the new maintainer is Stelian Pop
 .Sh AVAILABILITY
 The
 .Nm dump/restore
-backup suit is available for anonymous ftp from tsx-11.mit.edu
-in /pub/linux/ALPHA/ext2fs (development versions) or 
-/pub/linux/packages/ext2fs (stable versions).
-.Pp
-An alternate downloading location is http://perso.cybercable.fr/pop/dump.
+backup suit is available from 
+.br
+http://dump.sourceforge.net
 .Sh HISTORY
 A
 .Nm