X-Git-Url: https://git.wh0rd.org/?p=dump.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=dump%2Fdump.8.in;h=25819a24f98f4e570ac821c3e7d033ba8026f5d5;hp=c92f90c3268dc512df280c3c152b2b74569efa31;hb=876861d20fbf12cfef3768496a90b395cd15ea9a;hpb=1c736b782dfb4cf419bc53bcc795537585a283bc diff --git a/dump/dump.8.in b/dump/dump.8.in index c92f90c..25819a2 100644 --- a/dump/dump.8.in +++ b/dump/dump.8.in @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.44 2002/07/24 14:12:00 stelian Exp $ +.\" $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.45 2002/09/02 12:43:12 stelian Exp $ .\" .TH DUMP 8 "version __VERSION__ of __DATE__" BSD "System management commands" .SH NAME @@ -115,17 +115,16 @@ to be used by to determine whether a file is in the dump file that is being restored. .TP .BI \-b " blocksize" -The number of kilobytes per dump record. Since the IO system slices all -requests into chunks of +The number of kilobytes per dump record. The default blocksize is 10 +and the maximal value is 1024. +Note however that, since the IO system slices all requests into chunks +of .B MAXBSIZE -(typically 64kB), it is not possible to use a larger blocksize without having -problems later with -.BR restore (8). -Therefore -.B dump -will constrain writes to -.B MAXBSIZE. -The default blocksize is 10. +(which can be as low as 64kB), you can experience problems with +.BR dump (8) +and +.BR restore (8) +when using a higher value, depending on your kernel and/or libC versions. .TP .BI \-B " records" The number of 1 kB blocks per volume. Not normally required, as