Added -F script option to restore.

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

diff --git a/dump/dump.8.in b/dump/dump.8.in
index e16204696be9b56b3435ea5f929f62d6db6ad372..5a1dc751b9a7a72758e70fcb924ee4e928ce3e3d 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 1.25 2001/04/10 12:46:53 stelian Exp $
+.\"    $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.28 2001/07/18 12:54:06 stelian Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd __DATE__
 .Dt DUMP 8
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 .Op Fl s Ar feet
 .Op Fl T Ar date
 .Op Fl z Ar compression level
-.Ar file-to-dump
+.Ar files-to-dump
 .Nm dump
 .Op Fl W Li \&| Fl w
 .Pp
@@ -84,15 +84,17 @@ tape size, density and/or 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
+.Ar files-to-dump
 is either a mountpoint of a filesystem
-or a directory to be backed up as a subset of a filesystem.
+or a list of files and directories 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 .
+is not allowed, the only dump level that is supported is
+.Fl 0 
+and all the files and directories must reside on the same filesystem.
 .Pp
 The following options are supported by
 .Nm Ns :
@@ -115,7 +117,8 @@ The default level is 9.
 .It Fl B Ar records
 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.
+of tape size based on length and density. If compression is on this
+limits the size of the compressed output per volume.
 .It Fl a
 .Dq auto-size .
 Bypass all tape length calculations, and write
@@ -199,7 +202,7 @@ The script must return 0 if
 .Nm
 should continue without asking the user to change the tape, 1 if 
 .Nm
-dump should continue but ask the user to change the tape. 
+should continue but ask the user to change the tape. 
 Any other exit code will cause
 .Nm
 to abort.
@@ -481,6 +484,8 @@ Each reel requires a new process, so parent processes for
 reels already written just hang around until the entire tape
 is written.
 .Pp
+The estimated number of tapes is not correct if compression is on.
+.Pp
 It would be nice if
 .Nm
 knew about the dump sequence,