.\" 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 1.22 2001/03/20 20:15:43 stelian Exp $
+.\" $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.24 2001/03/28 12:59:48 stelian Exp $
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.Dd __DATE__
.Dt DUMP 8
last dump of a lower level.
The default level is 9.
.It Fl B Ar records
-The number of 1 KB blocks per volume.
+The number of 1 kB blocks per volume.
This option overrides the end-of-media detection, and calculation
of tape size based on length and density.
.It Fl a
.It Fl b Ar blocksize
The number of kilobytes per dump record.
Since the IO system slices all requests into chunks of MAXBSIZE
-(typically 64KB), it is not possible to use a larger blocksize
+(typically 64kB), it is not possible to use a larger blocksize
without having problems later with
.Xr restore 8 .
Therefore
.Sh AUTHOR
The
.Nm dump/restore
-backup suit was ported to Linux's Second Extended File System
+backup suite was ported to Linux's Second Extended File System
by Remy Card <card@Linux.EU.Org>. He maintained the initial versions
of dump (up and including 0.4b4, released in january 1997).
.Pp
.Sh AVAILABILITY
The
.Nm dump/restore
-backup suit is available from
+backup suite is available from
.br
http://dump.sourceforge.net
.Sh HISTORY