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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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+.\" $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.25 2001/04/10 12:46:53 stelian Exp $
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.Dd __DATE__
.Dt DUMP 8
.Op Fl F Ar script
.Op Fl h Ar level
.Op Fl L Ar label
+.Op Fl Q Ar file
.Op Fl s Ar feet
.Op Fl T Ar date
.Op Fl z Ar compression level
last dump of a lower level.
The default level is 9.
.It Fl B Ar records
-The number of 1 KB blocks per volume.
+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.
.It Fl a
.It Fl b Ar blocksize
The number of kilobytes per dump record.
Since the IO system slices all requests into chunks of MAXBSIZE
-(typically 64KB), it is not possible to use a larger blocksize
+(typically 64kB), it is not possible to use a larger blocksize
without having problems later with
.Xr restore 8 .
Therefore
.Dq operator
by means similar to a
.Xr wall 1 .
+.It Fl Q Ar file
+Enable the Quick File Access support. Tape positions for each
+inode are stored into the file
+.Ar file
+which is used by restore (if called with parameter Q and the filename)
+to directly position the tape at the file restore is currently working
+on. This saves hours when restoring single files from large backups,
+saves the tapes and the drive's head.
.It Fl s Ar feet
Attempt to calculate the amount of tape needed at a particular density.
If this amount is exceeded,
.Sh AUTHOR
The
.Nm dump/restore
-backup suit was ported to Linux's Second Extended File System
+backup suite was ported to Linux's Second Extended File System
by Remy Card <card@Linux.EU.Org>. He maintained the initial versions
of dump (up and including 0.4b4, released in january 1997).
.Pp
.Sh AVAILABILITY
The
.Nm dump/restore
-backup suit is available from
+backup suite is available from
.br
http://dump.sourceforge.net
.Sh HISTORY