.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.15 2000/08/19 22:08:53 stelian Exp $
+.\" $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.16 2000/08/19 23:48:10 stelian Exp $
.\"
.Dd __DATE__
.Dt DUMP 8
.Op Fl L Ar label
.Op Fl s Ar feet
.Op Fl T Ar date
-.Ar filesystem
-.Nm dump
-.Op Fl 0123456789ackMnSu
-.Op Fl B Ar records
-.Op Fl b Ar blocksize
-.Op Fl d Ar density
-.Op Fl e Ar inode number
-.Op Fl f Ar file
-.Op Fl F Ar script
-.Op Fl h Ar level
-.Op Fl L Ar label
-.Op Fl s Ar feet
-.Op Fl T Ar date
-.Ar directory
+.Ar file-to-dump
.Nm dump
.Op Fl W Li \&| Fl w
.Pp
By default, the same output file name is used for each volume
after prompting the operator to change media.
.Pp
+.Ar file-to-dump
+is either a mountpoint of a filesystem
+or a directory to be backed up as a subset of a filesystem.
+In the former case, either the path to a mounted filesystem
+or the device of an unmounted filesystem can be used.
+In the latter case, certain restrictions are placed on the backup:
+.Fl u
+is not allowed and the only dump level that is supported is
+.Fl 0 .
+.Pp
The following options are supported by
.Nm Ns :
.Bl -tag -width Ds