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diff --git a/restore/restore.8.in b/restore/restore.8.in
index 96d91a8..90fb1e3 100644
--- 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 1.16 2001/07/18 13:12:33 stelian Exp $
+.\"	$Id: restore.8.in,v 1.23 2002/01/22 11:12:28 stelian Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd __DATE__
 .Dt RESTORE 8
@@ -40,16 +40,17 @@
 .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
 .Op Fl F Ar script
+.Op Fl L Ar limit
 .Op Fl s Ar fileno
 .Op Fl T Ar directory
 .Nm restore
 .Fl i
-.Op Fl chkmMNuvy
+.Op Fl achklmMNuvVy
 .Op Fl b Ar blocksize
 .Op Fl f Ar file
 .Op Fl F Ar script
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@
 .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 +67,7 @@
 .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 +75,7 @@
 .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 +86,7 @@
 .Op file ...
 .Nm restore
 .Fl x
-.Op Fl chkmMNuvy
+.Op Fl achklmMNuvVy
 .Op Fl b Ar blocksize
 .Op Fl f Ar file
 .Op Fl F Ar script
@@ -133,6 +134,9 @@ disk.
 It first changes its working directory to the root of the filesystem
 that was dumped and compares the tape with the files in its new
 current directory.
+See also the
+.Fl L
+flag described below.
 .It Fl i
 This mode allows interactive restoration of files from a dump.
 After reading in the directory information from the dump,
@@ -297,6 +301,21 @@ option below.
 .Pp
 The following additional options may be specified:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl a
+In 
+.Fl i
+or
+.Fl x
+mode, 
+.Nm restore 
+does ask the user for the volume number on which the files to
+be extracted are supposed to be (in order to minimise the time
+be reading only the interesting volumes). The 
+.Fl a
+option disables this behaviour and reads all the volumes starting
+with 1. This option is useful when the operator does not know on which
+volume the files to be extracted are and/or when he prefers the
+longer unattended mode rather than the shorter interactive mode.
 .It Fl b Ar blocksize
 The number of kilobytes per dump record.
 If the
@@ -368,6 +387,25 @@ 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 L Ar limit
+The
+.Fl L
+flag allows the user to specify a maximal number of miscompares
+when using
+.Nm restore
+with the
+.Fl C
+option to check the backup. If this limit is reached, 
+.Nm restore
+will abort with an error message. A value of 0 (the default value) 
+disables the check.
 .It Fl m
 Extract by inode numbers rather than by file name.
 This is useful if only a few files are being extracted,
@@ -387,7 +425,14 @@ The
 .Fl N
 flag causes
 .Nm
-to only print file names. Files are not extracted.
+to perform a full execution as requested by one of
+.Fl i,
+.Fl R,
+.Fl r,
+.Fl t
+or
+.Fl x
+command without actually writing any file on disk.
 .It Fl Q Ar file
 Use the file
 .Ar file
@@ -405,6 +450,9 @@ page, on how to set the driver to return logical tape positions.
 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.
+.Pp
+This option can be used when restoring from local tapes (see above)
+or from local files.
 .It Fl s Ar fileno
 Read from the specified
 .Ar fileno
@@ -433,6 +481,8 @@ 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
@@ -567,6 +617,7 @@ 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
@@ -633,7 +684,7 @@ of dump (up and including 0.4b4, released in january 1997).
 .Pp
 Starting with 0.4b5, the new maintainer is Stelian Pop
 .br
-<pop@noos.fr>.
+<stelian@popies.net>.
 .Sh AVAILABILITY
 The
 .Nm dump/restore