Added -a flag to restore (automatic walk through volumes)

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

diff --git a/restore/restore.8.in b/restore/restore.8.in
index 36f81a9ae0d7e761599b02b34a54393bbd3cea01..703111ef5b2afd8339f86354240a3569efc230d4 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.
 .\"
-.\"    $Id: restore.8.in,v 1.20 2002/01/11 08:54:14 stelian Exp $
+.\"    $Id: restore.8.in,v 1.22 2002/01/16 10:29:26 stelian Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd __DATE__
 .Dt RESTORE 8
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 .Op Fl T Ar directory
 .Nm restore
 .Fl i
-.Op Fl chklmMNuvVy
+.Op Fl achklmMNuvVy
 .Op Fl b Ar blocksize
 .Op Fl f Ar file
 .Op Fl F Ar script
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 .Op file ...
 .Nm restore
 .Fl x
-.Op Fl chklmMNuvVy
+.Op Fl achklmMNuvVy
 .Op Fl b Ar blocksize
 .Op Fl f Ar file
 .Op Fl F Ar script
@@ -301,6 +301,21 @@ option below.
 .Pp
 The following additional options may be specified:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl a
+In 
+.Fl i
+or
+.Fl x
+mode, 
+.Nm restore 
+does ask the user for the volume number on which the files to
+be extracted are supposed to be (in order to minimise the time
+be reading only the interesting volumes). The 
+.Fl a
+option disables this behaviour and reads all the volumes starting
+with 1. This option is useful when the operator does not know on which
+volume the files to be extracted are and/or when he prefers the
+longer unattended mode rather than the shorter interactive mode.
 .It Fl b Ar blocksize
 The number of kilobytes per dump record.
 If the
@@ -666,7 +681,7 @@ of dump (up and including 0.4b4, released in january 1997).
 .Pp
 Starting with 0.4b5, the new maintainer is Stelian Pop
 .br
-<pop@noos.fr>.
+<stelian@popies.net>.
 .Sh AVAILABILITY
 The
 .Nm dump/restore