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.TH DUMP 8 "version __VERSION__ of __DATE__" BSD "System management commands"
.SH NAME
dump \- ext2/3 filesystem backup
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dump
-[\fB\-0123456789ackMnqSuv\fR]
+[\fB\-\fIlevel#\fR]
+[\fB\-ackMnqSuv]
[\fB\-A \fIfile\fR]
[\fB\-B \fIrecords\fR]
[\fB\-b \fIblocksize\fR]
The following options are supported by
.B dump:
.TP
-.BI \-0\-9
-Dump levels. A level 0, full backup, guarantees the entire file system is
-copied (but see also the
+.BI \-level#
+The dump level (any integer). A level 0, full backup, guarantees the
+entire file system is copied (but see also the
.B \-h
option below). A level number above 0, incremental backup, tells
.B dump
to
copy all files new or modified since the last dump of a lower level. The
-default level is 9.
+default level is 9. Historically only levels 0 to 9 were usable in
+dump, this version is able to understand any integer as a dump level.
.TP
.BI \-a
\*(lqauto-size\*(rq. Bypass all tape length calculations, and write until an