Troff syntax fixes in the man pages.

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

diff --git a/dump/dump.8.in b/dump/dump.8.in
index 61cd4305f4bceea6614accaec4f0e43ea4e2beaa..a6bf3f0805ac5ba1e84ca5b56511dee660ade92a 100644 (file)
--- a/dump/dump.8.in
+++ b/dump/dump.8.in
@@ -26,14 +26,15 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"

-.\"    $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.54 2004/01/27 10:37:28 stelian Exp $
+.\"    $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.57 2004/07/13 08:17:32 stelian Exp $

 .\"
 .TH DUMP 8 "version __VERSION__ of __DATE__" BSD "System management commands"
 .SH NAME
 dump \- ext2/3 filesystem backup
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B dump 
 .\"
 .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]
 [\fB\-A \fIfile\fR]
 [\fB\-B \fIrecords\fR]
 [\fB\-b \fIblocksize\fR]


@@ -56,9 +57,6 @@ dump \- ext2/3 filesystem backup
 .PP
 .B dump 
 [\fB\-W \fR| \fB\-w\fR]
 .PP
 .B dump 
 [\fB\-W \fR| \fB\-w\fR]

-.PP
-(The 4.3BSD option syntax is implemented for backward compatibility but is not
-documented here.)

 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B Dump
 examines files on an ext2/3 filesystem and determines which files need to be
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B Dump
 examines files on an ext2/3 filesystem and determines which files need to be


@@ -88,15 +86,16 @@ and all the files and directories must reside on the same filesystem.
 The following options are supported by
 .B dump:
 .TP
 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 
 .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 
 .TP
 .BI \-a 
 \*(lqauto-size\*(rq. Bypass all tape length calculations, and write until an 


@@ -195,7 +194,8 @@ media changes. If the name of the file is of the form
 or
 .I user@host:file
 .B dump
 or
 .I user@host:file
 .B dump

-writes to the named file on the remote host using
+writes to the named file on the remote host (which should already 
+exist, dump doesn't create a new remote file) using

 .BR rmt (8).
 The default path name of the remote
 .BR rmt (8)
 .BR rmt (8).
 The default path name of the remote
 .BR rmt (8)


@@ -527,6 +527,9 @@ set of tapes per dumped file system is used, also on a cyclical basis.
 .PP
 After several months or so, the daily and weekly tapes should get rotated out
 of the dump cycle and fresh tapes brought in.
 .PP
 After several months or so, the daily and weekly tapes should get rotated out
 of the dump cycle and fresh tapes brought in.

+.PP
+(The 4.3BSD option syntax is implemented for backward compatibility but is not
+documented here.)

 .SH ENVIRONMENT
 .TP 
 .B TAPE
 .SH ENVIRONMENT
 .TP 
 .B TAPE