Let the user give the dumpdates path as an argument to dump (-D)

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

diff --git a/dump/dump.8.in b/dump/dump.8.in
index 25819a24f98f4e570ac821c3e7d033ba8026f5d5..b44970148d47214832d8053fbcc36314f49704bb 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.
 .\"
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"

-.\"    $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.45 2002/09/02 12:43:12 stelian Exp $
+.\"    $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.48 2003/01/21 10:42:27 stelian Exp $

 .\"
 .TH DUMP 8 "version __VERSION__ of __DATE__" BSD "System management commands"
 .SH NAME
 .\"
 .TH DUMP 8 "version __VERSION__ of __DATE__" BSD "System management commands"
 .SH NAME


@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ dump \- ext2/3 filesystem backup
 [\fB\-B \fIrecords\fR]
 [\fB\-b \fIblocksize\fR]
 [\fB\-d \fIdensity\fR]
 [\fB\-B \fIrecords\fR]
 [\fB\-b \fIblocksize\fR]
 [\fB\-d \fIdensity\fR]

+[\fB\-D \fIfile\fR]

 [\fB\-e \fIinode numbers\fR]
 [\fB\-E \fIfile\fR]
 [\fB\-f \fIfile\fR]
 [\fB\-e \fIinode numbers\fR]
 [\fB\-E \fIfile\fR]
 [\fB\-f \fIfile\fR]


@@ -146,6 +147,11 @@ Set tape density to
 The default is 1600BPI. Specifying a tape density overrides the end-of-media
 detection.
 .TP
 The default is 1600BPI. Specifying a tape density overrides the end-of-media
 detection.
 .TP

+.BI \-D " file"
+Set the path name of the file storing the information about the previous 
+full and incremental dumps. The default location is
+.IR __DUMPDATES__ .
+.TP

 .BI \-e " inodes"
 Exclude 
 .I inodes
 .BI \-e " inodes"
 Exclude 
 .I inodes


@@ -191,8 +197,9 @@ this can be overridden by the environment variable
 .BR RMT .
 .TP
 .BI \-F " script"
 .BR RMT .
 .TP
 .BI \-F " script"

-Run script at the end of each tape. The device name and the current volume
-number are passed on the command line. The script must return 0 if 
+Run script at the end of each tape (except for the last one). 
+The device name and the current volume number are passed on the
+command line. The script must return 0 if 

 .B dump
 should continue without asking the user to change the tape, 1 if 
 .B dump
 .B dump
 should continue without asking the user to change the tape, 1 if 
 .B dump


@@ -223,6 +230,8 @@ is useful when running
 .B dump
 on an active filesystem where read errors simply indicate an inconsistency 
 between the mapping and dumping passes.
 .B dump
 on an active filesystem where read errors simply indicate an inconsistency 
 between the mapping and dumping passes.

+.IP
+A value of 0 means that all read errors will be ignored.

 .TP
 .BI \-j "compression level"
 Compress every block to be written on the tape using bzlib library. This option
 .TP
 .BI \-j "compression level"
 Compress every block to be written on the tape using bzlib library. This option