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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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-.\" $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.52 2003/03/31 09:42:57 stelian Exp $
+.\" $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.53 2003/05/07 14:45:20 stelian Exp $
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.TH DUMP 8 "version __VERSION__ of __DATE__" BSD "System management commands"
.SH NAME
to determine whether a file is in the dump file that is being restored.
.TP
.BI \-b " blocksize"
-The number of kilobytes per dump record. The default blocksize is 10
-and the maximal value is 1024.
+The number of kilobytes per dump record. The default blocksize is 10,
+unless the
+.B \-d
+option has been used to specify a tape density of 6250BPI or more,
+in which case the default blocksize is 32. Th maximal value is 1024.
Note however that, since the IO system slices all requests into chunks
of
.B MAXBSIZE