Fix a bug where dump miscalculates the tape size based on -d/-s

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

diff --git a/restore/restore.8.in b/restore/restore.8.in
index 8426b4659ac64164a3b4e6d29caab2b1ccc4feee..1d9234220e6415a807626bb04c6b719dcefa8e5d 100644 (file)
--- a/restore/restore.8.in
+++ b/restore/restore.8.in
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 .\" 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: restore.8.in,v 1.30 2003/03/30 15:40:39 stelian Exp $
+.\"    $Id: restore.8.in,v 1.32 2004/07/13 08:17:32 stelian Exp $

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


@@ -102,9 +102,6 @@ restore \- restore files or file systems from backups made with dump
 [\fB\-T \fIdirectory\fR]
 [\fB\-X \fIfilelist\fR]
 [ \fIfile ... \fR]
 [\fB\-T \fIdirectory\fR]
 [\fB\-X \fIfilelist\fR]
 [ \fIfile ... \fR]

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

 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .B restore
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .B restore


@@ -541,6 +538,9 @@ may be an ordinary file or
 .B \-y
 Do not ask the user whether to abort the restore in the event of an error.
 Always try to skip over the bad block(s) and continue.
 .B \-y
 Do not ask the user whether to abort the restore in the event of an error.
 Always try to skip over the bad block(s) and continue.

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

 .SH DIAGNOSTICS
 Complains if it gets a read error. If 
 .B y
 .SH DIAGNOSTICS
 Complains if it gets a read error. If 
 .B y


@@ -728,6 +728,16 @@ inode. Although this behaviour is not really a bug, it has proven itself
 to be confusing for many users, so it is recommended to answer 'no', 
 unless you're performing a full restore and you do want to restore the
 permissions on '/'.
 to be confusing for many users, so it is recommended to answer 'no', 
 unless you're performing a full restore and you do want to restore the
 permissions on '/'.

+.PP
+It should be underlined that because it runs in user code,
+.B restore
+, when run with the
+.B \-C
+option, sees the files as the kernel presents them, whereas
+.B dump
+sees all the files on a given filesystem. In particular, this 
+can cause some confusion when comparing a dumped filesystem a part
+of which is hidden by a filesystem mounted on top of it.

 .SH AUTHOR
 The
 .B dump/restore
 .SH AUTHOR
 The
 .B dump/restore