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 7bdf735056a5c72931897846bf176343895d83eb..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 1.46 2002/11/12 13:05:31 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


@@ -224,6 +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