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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-09-17 04:15:04 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-09-17 04:15:04 +0000
commitafa9f8ccda18c5ff879f432ae6f0b9a601b992b3 (patch)
tree8356bdc65590449d1a86d64a309c95681f802ad2 /sbin/dump
parent90e9edeb57b7efe3b1aba0ddeda30341b7e9fd0c (diff)
sbin/ man page fixes
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/dump')
-rw-r--r--sbin/dump/dump.834
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/dump/dump.8 b/sbin/dump/dump.8
index ef2f9fce36f..95d5234d42d 100644
--- a/sbin/dump/dump.8
+++ b/sbin/dump/dump.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: dump.8,v 1.12 1998/05/06 14:35:09 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: dump.8,v 1.13 1998/09/17 04:14:52 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: dump.8,v 1.17 1997/06/05 11:15:06 lukem Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
.in -\\n(iSu
(The
.Bx 4.3
-option syntax is implemented for backward compatibility, but
+option syntax is implemented for backward compatibility but
is not documented here.)
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
@@ -79,18 +79,18 @@ by using the
option.
.Pp
On media that cannot reliably return an end-of-media indication
-(such as some cartridge tape drives)
+(such as some cartridge tape drives),
each volume is of a fixed size;
-the actual size is determined by the tape size and density and/or
+the actual size is determined by the tape size, density and/or
block count options below.
By default, the same output file name is used for each volume
after prompting the operator to change media.
.Pp
.Ar files-to-dump
-is either a mountpoint of a filesystem,
+is either a mountpoint of a filesystem
or a list of files and directories on a single filesystem to be backed
up as a subset of the filesystem.
-In the former case, either the path to a mounted filesystem,
+In the former case, either the path to a mounted filesystem
or the device of an unmounted filesystem can be used.
In the latter case, certain restrictions are placed on the backup:
.Fl u
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ guarantees the entire file system is copied
option below).
A level number above 0,
incremental backup,
-tells dump to
+tells
+.Nm dump
+to
copy all files new or modified since the
last dump of a lower level.
The default level is 0.
@@ -163,7 +165,7 @@ if the dump requires more volumes than the number of names given,
the last file name will used for all remaining volumes after prompting
for media changes.
If the name of the file is of the form
-.Dq host:file ,
+.Dq host:file
or
.Dq user@host:file ,
.Nm
@@ -199,7 +201,9 @@ The default tape length is 2300 feet.
Use the specified date as the starting time for the dump
instead of the time determined from looking in
.Pa /etc/dumpdates .
-The format of date is the same as that of
+The format of
+.Ar date
+is the same as that of
.Xr ctime 3 .
This option is useful for automated dump scripts that wish to
dump over a specific period of time.
@@ -242,7 +246,7 @@ The
flag causes
.Nm
to print out, for each file system in
-.Pa /etc/dumpdates
+.Pa /etc/dumpdates ,
the most recent dump date and level,
and highlights those file systems that should be dumped.
If the
@@ -251,7 +255,9 @@ flag is set, all other options are ignored, and
.Nm
exits immediately.
.It Fl w
-Is like W, but prints only those filesystems which need to be dumped.
+Same as
+.Fl W ,
+but prints only those filesystems which need to be dumped.
.El
.Pp
.Nm
@@ -260,7 +266,7 @@ end of tape,
end of dump,
tape write error,
tape open error or
-disk read error (if there are more than a threshold of 32).
+disk read error (if there is more than a threshold of 32).
In addition to alerting all operators implied by the
.Fl n
flag,
@@ -355,7 +361,7 @@ to the standard error output.
.It Pa /dev/rst0
default tape unit to dump to
.It Pa /dev/rst*
-Raw SCSI tape interface
+raw SCSI tape interface
.It Pa /etc/dumpdates
dump date records
.It Pa /etc/fstab
@@ -390,7 +396,7 @@ with the
.Fl W
or
.Fl w
-flags does not report filesystems that have never been recorded
+flag does not report filesystems that have never been recorded
in
.Pa /etc/dumpdates ,
even if listed in