Added Helmut Jarausch patch for restoring from multiple CD + examples.

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

diff --git a/restore/restore.8.in b/restore/restore.8.in
index 7903d7e5e5f2455322c0670f4346ca121479a9bf..b13346acefeb872713c0b441de642023b89328d2 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 1.12 2001/03/23 14:40:12 stelian Exp $
+.\"    $Id: restore.8.in,v 1.17 2001/09/12 10:21:49 stelian Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd __DATE__
 .Dt RESTORE 8
@@ -40,47 +40,56 @@
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm restore
 .Fl C
-.Op Fl ckMvy
+.Op Fl ckMvVy
 .Op Fl b Ar blocksize
 .Op Fl D Ar filesystem
 .Op Fl f Ar file
+.Op Fl F Ar script
 .Op Fl s Ar fileno
 .Op Fl T Ar directory
 .Nm restore
 .Fl i
-.Op Fl chkmMNuvy
+.Op Fl chkmMNuvVy
 .Op Fl b Ar blocksize
 .Op Fl f Ar file
+.Op Fl F Ar script
+.Op Fl Q Ar file
 .Op Fl s Ar fileno
 .Op Fl T Ar directory
 .Nm restore
 .Fl R
-.Op Fl ckMNuvy
+.Op Fl ckMNuvVy
 .Op Fl b Ar blocksize
 .Op Fl f Ar file
+.Op Fl F Ar script
 .Op Fl s Ar fileno
 .Op Fl T Ar directory
 .Nm restore
 .Fl r
-.Op Fl ckMNuvy
+.Op Fl ckMNuvVy
 .Op Fl b Ar blocksize
 .Op Fl f Ar file
+.Op Fl F Ar script
 .Op Fl s Ar fileno
 .Op Fl T Ar directory
 .Nm restore
 .Fl t
-.Op Fl chkMNuvy
+.Op Fl chkMNuvVy
 .Op Fl b Ar blocksize
 .Op Fl f Ar file
+.Op Fl F Ar script
+.Op Fl Q Ar file
 .Op Fl s Ar fileno
 .Op Fl T Ar directory
 .Op Fl X Ar filelist
 .Op file ...
 .Nm restore
 .Fl x
-.Op Fl chkmMNuvy
+.Op Fl chkmMNuvVy
 .Op Fl b Ar blocksize
 .Op Fl f Ar file
+.Op Fl F Ar script
+.Op Fl Q Ar file
 .Op Fl s Ar fileno
 .Op Fl T Ar directory
 .Op Fl X Ar filelist
@@ -333,6 +342,21 @@ or
 reads from the named file on the remote host using
 .Xr rmt 8 .
 .Pp
+.It Fl F Ar script
+Run script at the beginning of each tape. The device name and the
+current volume number are passed on the command line.
+The script must return 0 if 
+.Nm
+should continue without asking the user to change the tape, 1 if 
+.Nm
+should continue but ask the user to change the tape. 
+Any other exit code will cause
+.Nm
+to abort.
+For security reasons,
+.Nm
+reverts back to the real user ID and the real group ID before 
+running the script.
 .It Fl k
 Use Kerberos authentication when contacting the remote tape server.
 (Only available if this options was enabled when
@@ -364,6 +388,23 @@ The
 flag causes
 .Nm
 to only print file names. Files are not extracted.
+.It Fl Q Ar file
+Use the file
+.Ar file
+in order to read tape position as stored using the dump Quick File
+Access mode.
+.Pp
+It is recommended to set up the st driver to return logical tape 
+positions rather than physical before calling dump/restore with 
+parameter Q.  Since not all tape devices support physical tape 
+positions those tape devices return an error during dump/restore when
+the st driver is set to the default physical setting.
+Please see the st man page, option MTSETDRVBUFFER, or the mt man
+page, on how to set the driver to return logical tape positions.
+.Pp
+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.
 .It Fl s Ar fileno
 Read from the specified
 .Ar fileno
@@ -392,6 +433,8 @@ The
 (verbose)
 flag causes it to type the name of each file it treats
 preceded by its file type.
+.It Fl V
+Enables reading multi-volume non-tape mediums like CDROMs.
 .It Fl X Ar filelist
 Read list of files to be listed or extracted from the text file
 .Ar filelist