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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/rmt/rmt.8')
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1 files changed, 25 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/rmt/rmt.8 b/usr.sbin/rmt/rmt.8 index a48d3d5e3dc..daf626135e2 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/rmt/rmt.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/rmt/rmt.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: rmt.8,v 1.12 2011/07/23 15:40:13 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: rmt.8,v 1.13 2015/09/20 10:05:48 halex Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991 The Regents of the University of California. .\" All rights reserved. @@ -29,19 +29,22 @@ .\" .\" from: @(#)rmt.8 6.5 (Berkeley) 3/16/91 .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: July 23 2011 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: September 20 2015 $ .Dt RMT 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm rmt .Nd remote magtape protocol module .Sh SYNOPSIS -.Nm rmt +.Nm +.Op Fl r | w +.Op Fl d Ar directory .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm is a program used by the remote dump and restore programs -in manipulating a magnetic tape drive through an interprocess -communication connection. +through an interprocess communication connection. +Traditionally it is used for manipulating a magnetic tape drive but it may +be used for regular file access as well. .Nm is normally started up with an .Xr rcmd 3 @@ -49,6 +52,23 @@ or .Xr rcmdsh 3 call. .Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl d Ar directory +Confine file access to +.Ar directory . +Forward slashes in filenames are disallowed and symlinks are not followed. +.It Fl r +Read-only mode, suitable for use with +.Xr rrestore 8 . +.It Fl w +File write mode, suitable for use with +.Xr rdump 8 +for dumping to regular files. +Creates missing files and refuses to open existing ones. +The file permission bits are set to readonly. +.El +.Pp The .Nm program accepts requests specific to the manipulation of |