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authorRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>2001-07-10 09:34:55 +0000
committerRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>2001-07-10 09:34:55 +0000
commit448087ae70500153e453c206f7fd24adb0aa9d00 (patch)
tree97e30e26c42f72c0c0ae15a0ceeb71f66b8fbf24 /sbin/dump
parent189f28a091adee2070fa6c3c47575748dc7898ab (diff)
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mdoc(7) police:
Restored .Pa for ``dumpdates'' (it's still a file). Also, removed duplicate ``file'' words.
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=79520
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/dump')
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1 files changed, 25 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/dump/dump.8 b/sbin/dump/dump.8
index b1985984e17b..2521cdcd52b3 100644
--- a/sbin/dump/dump.8
+++ b/sbin/dump/dump.8
@@ -131,7 +131,9 @@ The default honor level is 1,
so that incremental backups omit such files
but full backups retain them.
.It Fl D Ar dumpdates
-Specify an alternate path to the dumpdates file.
+Specify an alternate path to the
+.Pa dumpdates
+file.
The default is
.Pa /etc/dumpdates .
.It Fl d Ar density
@@ -195,7 +197,9 @@ The default tape length is 2300 feet.
.It Fl T Ar date
Use the specified date as the starting time for the dump
instead of the time determined from looking in
-the dumpdates file.
+the
+.Pa dumpdates
+file.
The format of date is the same as that of
.Xr ctime 3 .
This option is useful for automated dump scripts that wish to
@@ -206,10 +210,14 @@ option is mutually exclusive from the
.Fl u
option.
.It Fl u
-Update the dumpdates file
+Update the
+.Pa dumpdates
+file
after a successful dump.
The format of
-the dumpdates file
+the
+.Pa dumpdates
+file
is readable by people, consisting of one
free format record per line:
filesystem name,
@@ -218,11 +226,14 @@ and
.Xr ctime 3
format dump date.
There may be only one entry per filesystem at each level.
-The file
-dumpdates file
+The
+.Pa dumpdates
+file
may be edited to change any of the fields,
if necessary.
-The default path for the dumpdates file is
+The default path for the
+.Pa dumpdates
+file is
.Pa /etc/dumpdates ,
but the
.Fl D
@@ -231,7 +242,7 @@ option may be used to change it.
.Nm Dump
tells the operator what file systems need to be dumped.
This information is gleaned from the files
-dumpdates file
+.Pa dumpdates
and
.Pa /etc/fstab .
The
@@ -239,7 +250,9 @@ The
option causes
.Nm
to print out, for each file system in
-the dumpdates file
+the
+.Pa dumpdates
+file
the most recent dump date and level,
and highlights those file systems that should be dumped.
If the
@@ -402,8 +415,9 @@ with the
or
.Fl w
options does not report filesystems that have never been recorded
-in
-the dumpdates file,
+in the
+.Pa dumpdates
+file,
even if listed in
.Pa /etc/fstab .
.Pp