X-Git-Url: https://git.wh0rd.org/?p=dump.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=dump%2Fdump.8.in;h=4825ab36a62425ba15fbd532fd82d263463b188e;hp=13b1e52ee2611f5e24c604e6e985acf46dba5191;hb=206f768c7a7a4bca1c4acc3c686d55578c0cb919;hpb=e1abc9ce25132eef1239047a071c2c1d4822dd9f diff --git a/dump/dump.8.in b/dump/dump.8.in index 13b1e52..4825ab3 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 1.51 2003/03/30 15:40:35 stelian Exp $ +.\" $Id: dump.8.in,v 1.52 2003/03/31 09:42:57 stelian Exp $ .\" .TH DUMP 8 "version __VERSION__ of __DATE__" BSD "System management commands" .SH NAME @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ dump \- ext2/3 filesystem backup [\fB\-Q \fIfile\fR] [\fB\-s \fIfeet\fR] [\fB\-T \fIdate\fR] +[\fB\-y\fR] [\fB\-z\fIcompression level\fR] .I files-to-dump .PP @@ -436,6 +437,16 @@ and .I /etc/fstab which need to be dumped. .TP +.BI \-y +Compress every block to be written to the tape using the lzo library. +This doesn't compress as well as the zlib library but it's much faster. +This option will work only when dumping to a file or pipe or, when dumping to +a tape drive, if the tape drive is capable of writing variable length blocks. +You will need at least the 0.4b34 version of +.B restore +in order to extract compressed tapes. Tapes written using compression will not +be compatible with the BSD tape format. +.TP .BI \-z "compression level" Compress every block to be written on the tape using zlib library. This option will work only when dumping to a file or pipe or, when dumping to a tape drive,