Made -Q option work on regular files.

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

diff --git a/restore/restore.8.in b/restore/restore.8.in
index 7eb3b1da0fbe06f95703546d978d0600bdda6160..90fb1e323427e7f92cbae1db99173a8672f04e08 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 1.21 2002/01/16 09:32:14 stelian Exp $
+.\"    $Id: restore.8.in,v 1.23 2002/01/22 11:12:28 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
@@ -435,6 +450,9 @@ page, on how to set the driver to return logical tape positions.
 Before calling restore with parameter Q, always make sure the st
 driver is set to return the same type of tape position used during the 
 call to dump. Otherwise restore may be confused.
+.Pp
+This option can be used when restoring from local tapes (see above)
+or from local files.
 .It Fl s Ar fileno
 Read from the specified
 .Ar fileno