Fix errors when trying to restore files not found on tape.

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

diff --git a/restore/restore.8.in b/restore/restore.8.in
index 7faa54a3291dca41001e47025f59276f72699f4e..ced86a47b463679bdaa44c984b0e1a738169e8ff 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 1.15 2001/07/18 12:54:06 stelian Exp $
+.\"    $Id: restore.8.in,v 1.19 2001/11/16 14:09:07 stelian Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd __DATE__
 .Dt RESTORE 8
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm restore
 .Fl C
-.Op Fl ckMvy
+.Op Fl cklMvVy
 .Op Fl b Ar blocksize
 .Op Fl D Ar filesystem
 .Op Fl f Ar file
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 .Op Fl T Ar directory
 .Nm restore
 .Fl i
-.Op Fl chkmMNuvy
+.Op Fl chklmMNuvVy
 .Op Fl b Ar blocksize
 .Op Fl f Ar file
 .Op Fl F Ar script
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 .Op Fl T Ar directory
 .Nm restore
 .Fl R
-.Op Fl ckMNuvy
+.Op Fl cklMNuvVy
 .Op Fl b Ar blocksize
 .Op Fl f Ar file
 .Op Fl F Ar script
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 .Op Fl T Ar directory
 .Nm restore
 .Fl r
-.Op Fl ckMNuvy
+.Op Fl cklMNuvVy
 .Op Fl b Ar blocksize
 .Op Fl f Ar file
 .Op Fl F Ar script
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 .Op Fl T Ar directory
 .Nm restore
 .Fl t
-.Op Fl chkMNuvy
+.Op Fl chklMNuvVy
 .Op Fl b Ar blocksize
 .Op Fl f Ar file
 .Op Fl F Ar script
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 .Op file ...
 .Nm restore
 .Fl x
-.Op Fl chkmMNuvy
+.Op Fl chklmMNuvVy
 .Op Fl b Ar blocksize
 .Op Fl f Ar file
 .Op Fl F Ar script
@@ -368,6 +368,13 @@ Extract the actual directory,
 rather than the files that it references.
 This prevents hierarchical restoration of complete subtrees
 from the dump.
+.It Fl l
+When doing remote restores, assume the remote file is a
+regular file (instead of a tape device). If you're restoring
+a remote compressed file, you will need to specify this 
+option or 
+.Nm restore
+will fail to access it correctly.
 .It Fl m
 Extract by inode numbers rather than by file name.
 This is useful if only a few files are being extracted,
@@ -393,6 +400,18 @@ 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
@@ -421,6 +440,8 @@ 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
@@ -555,6 +576,7 @@ remote shell command to use when doing a network restore (rsh, ssh etc.).
 If this variable is not set,
 .Xr rcmd 3
 will be used, but only root will be able to do a network restore.
+.El
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width "./restoresymtable" -compact
 .It Pa /dev/st0