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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2007-02-22 09:40:12 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2007-02-22 09:40:12 +0000
commit4931b9fc25efdd9c0e3fa3c964637bd7b46eeb4f (patch)
tree20ffe82c92cce46b1c06c0efeaac9ce14d02173a /sbin
parent2648bc168279241e29f84ad68c07a047b89ded8a (diff)
igor sobrado spotted that although we have mlinks for rdump and
rrestore, the pages they point to don;t actually mention them. so make it clear that their functionality is now integral in dump and restore, and sync the text a little between the two pages; help/ok otto
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin')
-rw-r--r--sbin/dump/dump.819
-rw-r--r--sbin/restore/restore.820
2 files changed, 29 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/dump/dump.8 b/sbin/dump/dump.8
index 282ff4b1116..f48a5148eaf 100644
--- a/sbin/dump/dump.8
+++ b/sbin/dump/dump.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: dump.8,v 1.35 2005/08/02 10:49:49 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: dump.8,v 1.36 2007/02/22 09:40:11 jmc Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: dump.8,v 1.17 1997/06/05 11:15:06 lukem Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
@@ -62,9 +62,7 @@ on a filesystem
and determines which files
need to be backed up.
These files are copied to the given disk, tape or other
-storage medium for safe keeping (see the
-.Fl f
-option below for doing remote backups).
+storage medium for safe keeping.
A dump that is larger than the output medium is broken into
multiple volumes.
On most media the size is determined by writing until an
@@ -73,6 +71,19 @@ This can be enforced by using the
.Fl a
option.
.Pp
+.Nm
+works across networks,
+replacing the functionality of the old
+.Nm rdump
+program
+(though
+.Nm
+may still be invoked as
+.Nm rdump ) .
+See the
+.Fl f
+option for more on writing backups to remote hosts.
+.Pp
On media that cannot reliably return an end-of-media indication
(such as some cartridge tape drives),
each volume is of a fixed size;
diff --git a/sbin/restore/restore.8 b/sbin/restore/restore.8
index 8b1cfac36b8..b56381966df 100644
--- a/sbin/restore/restore.8
+++ b/sbin/restore/restore.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: restore.8,v 1.27 2006/11/03 12:59:52 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: restore.8,v 1.28 2007/02/22 09:40:11 jmc Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: restore.8,v 1.15 1997/07/01 05:37:53 lukem Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1991, 1993
@@ -84,11 +84,6 @@ subsequent incremental backups layered on top of it.
Single files and
directory subtrees may be restored from full or partial
backups.
-.Nm
-works across a network;
-to do this see the
-.Fl f
-flag described below.
Other arguments to the command are file or directory
names specifying the files that are to be restored.
Unless the
@@ -97,6 +92,19 @@ flag is specified (see below),
the appearance of a directory name refers to
the files and (recursively) subdirectories of that directory.
.Pp
+.Nm
+works across networks,
+replacing the functionality of the old
+.Nm rrestore
+program
+(though
+.Nm
+may still be invoked as
+.Nm rrestore ) .
+See the
+.Fl f
+option for more on reading backups from remote hosts.
+.Pp
Exactly one of the following flags is required:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl i