Made dump understand the LABEL= and UUID= notations.

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

diff --git a/dump/dump.8.in b/dump/dump.8.in
index 46121c1275dc5ff876dc0b361411c38cb6d886e7..54f8251c028df83231f439a29a100db00e1051f8 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 1.14 2000/03/10 10:03:09 stelian Exp $
+.\"    $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.16 2000/08/19 23:48:10 stelian Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd __DATE__
 .Dt DUMP 8
@@ -51,20 +51,7 @@
 .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
@@ -99,6 +86,16 @@ block count options below.
 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
@@ -138,6 +135,7 @@ without having problems later with
 Therefore
 .Nm dump
 will constrain writes to MAXBSIZE.
+The default blocksize is 10.
 .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.