X-Git-Url: https://git.wh0rd.org/?p=dump.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=dump%2Fdump.8.in;h=400eff20a493cc13be74367a24b576bffd34129e;hp=487302d89272b94faadce9e3e18bd003f1103b69;hb=2ec40843dd2fb1992724d6fda2d45588e8ff5df3;hpb=28ba5caee0ed25d3b38da769967173e5710bc10c diff --git a/dump/dump.8.in b/dump/dump.8.in index 487302d..400eff2 100644 --- a/dump/dump.8.in +++ b/dump/dump.8.in @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.56 2004/04/21 08:55:48 stelian Exp $ +.\" $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.59 2006/08/01 10:22:44 stelian Exp $ .\" .TH DUMP 8 "version __VERSION__ of __DATE__" BSD "System management commands" .SH NAME @@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ dump \- ext2/3 filesystem backup .PP .B dump [\fB\-W \fR| \fB\-w\fR] -.PP -(The 4.3BSD option syntax is implemented for backward compatibility but is not -documented here.) .SH DESCRIPTION .B Dump examines files on an ext2/3 filesystem and determines which files need to be @@ -90,8 +87,9 @@ The following options are supported by .B dump: .TP .BI \-level# -The dump level (any integer). A level 0, full backup, guarantees the -entire file system is copied (but see also the +The dump level (any integer). A level 0, full backup, specified by +.B \-0 +guarantees the entire file system is copied (but see also the .B \-h option below). A level number above 0, incremental backup, tells .B dump @@ -286,6 +284,12 @@ Inodes which are either directories or have been modified since the last dump are saved in a regular way. Uses of this flag must be consistent, meaning that either every dump in an incremental dump set have the flag, or no one has it. .IP +If you use this option, be aware that many programs that unpack +files from archives (e.g. tar, rpm, unzip, dpkg) may set files' +mtimes to dates in the past. Files installed in this way may not be +dumped correctly using "dump -m" if the modified mtime is earlier +than the previous level dump. +.IP Tapes written using such 'metadata only' inodes will not be compatible with the BSD tape format or older versions of .B restore. @@ -530,6 +534,9 @@ set of tapes per dumped file system is used, also on a cyclical basis. .PP After several months or so, the daily and weekly tapes should get rotated out of the dump cycle and fresh tapes brought in. +.PP +(The 4.3BSD option syntax is implemented for backward compatibility but is not +documented here.) .SH ENVIRONMENT .TP .B TAPE