Added -L option to restore

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

diff --git a/restore/restore.8.in b/restore/restore.8.in
index ced86a47b463679bdaa44c984b0e1a738169e8ff..36f81a9ae0d7e761599b02b34a54393bbd3cea01 100644 (file)
--- a/restore/restore.8.in
+++ b/restore/restore.8.in
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .\" 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 1.19 2001/11/16 14:09:07 stelian Exp $
+.\"    $Id: restore.8.in,v 1.20 2002/01/11 08:54:14 stelian Exp $

 .\"
 .Dd __DATE__
 .Dt RESTORE 8
 .\"
 .Dd __DATE__
 .Dt RESTORE 8


@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 .Op Fl D Ar filesystem
 .Op Fl f Ar file
 .Op Fl F Ar script
 .Op Fl D Ar filesystem
 .Op Fl f Ar file
 .Op Fl F Ar script

+.Op Fl L Ar limit

 .Op Fl s Ar fileno
 .Op Fl T Ar directory
 .Nm restore
 .Op Fl s Ar fileno
 .Op Fl T Ar directory
 .Nm restore


@@ -133,6 +134,9 @@ disk.
 It first changes its working directory to the root of the filesystem
 that was dumped and compares the tape with the files in its new
 current directory.
 It first changes its working directory to the root of the filesystem
 that was dumped and compares the tape with the files in its new
 current directory.

+See also the
+.Fl L
+flag described below.

 .It Fl i
 This mode allows interactive restoration of files from a dump.
 After reading in the directory information from the dump,
 .It Fl i
 This mode allows interactive restoration of files from a dump.
 After reading in the directory information from the dump,


@@ -375,6 +379,18 @@ a remote compressed file, you will need to specify this
 option or 
 .Nm restore
 will fail to access it correctly.
 option or 
 .Nm restore
 will fail to access it correctly.

+.It Fl L Ar limit
+The
+.Fl L
+flag allows the user to specify a maximal number of miscompares
+when using
+.Nm restore
+with the
+.Fl C
+option to check the backup. If this limit is reached, 
+.Nm restore
+will abort with an error message. A value of 0 (the default value) 
+disables the check.

 .It Fl m
 Extract by inode numbers rather than by file name.
 This is useful if only a few files are being extracted,
 .It Fl m
 Extract by inode numbers rather than by file name.
 This is useful if only a few files are being extracted,


@@ -394,7 +410,14 @@ The
 .Fl N
 flag causes
 .Nm
 .Fl N
 flag causes
 .Nm

-to only print file names. Files are not extracted.
+to perform a full execution as requested by one of
+.Fl i,
+.Fl R,
+.Fl r,
+.Fl t
+or
+.Fl x
+command without actually writing any file on disk.

 .It Fl Q Ar file
 Use the file
 .Ar file
 .It Fl Q Ar file
 Use the file
 .Ar file