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authorcharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-06 19:34:18 +0000
committercharnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-06 19:34:18 +0000
commita2accd01f0ac2f25d72443923819abceaf128119 (patch)
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parent9639b20db64d084fa58b75058a2bd896b1f743e1 (diff)
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The .Nm utility
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diff --git a/sbin/dump/dump.8 b/sbin/dump/dump.8
index 539ed12..f51abca 100644
--- a/sbin/dump/dump.8
+++ b/sbin/dump/dump.8
@@ -65,8 +65,9 @@ is an alternate name for
option syntax is implemented for backward compatibility, but
is not documented here.)
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm Dump
-examines files
+The
+.Nm
+utility examines files
on a filesystem
and determines which files
need to be backed up.
@@ -257,8 +258,7 @@ but the
.Fl D
option may be used to change it.
.It Fl W
-.Nm Dump
-tells the operator what filesystems need to be dumped.
+Tell the operator what filesystems need to be dumped.
This information is gleaned from the files
.Pa dumpdates
and
@@ -291,8 +291,9 @@ subject to the
.Fl h
option.
.Pp
-.Nm Dump
-requires operator intervention on these conditions:
+The
+.Nm
+utility requires operator intervention on these conditions:
end of tape,
end of dump,
tape write error,
@@ -329,8 +330,9 @@ restart itself from the checkpoint
after the old tape has been rewound and removed,
and a new tape has been mounted.
.Pp
-.Nm Dump
-tells the operator what is going on at periodic intervals
+The
+.Nm
+utility tells the operator what is going on at periodic intervals
(every 5 minutes, or promptly after receiving
.Dv SIGINFO ) ,
including usually low estimates of the number of blocks to write,
@@ -422,8 +424,9 @@ impossible to use a larger output block size, so
.Nm
will prevent this from happening.
.Pp
-.Nm Dump
-with the
+The
+.Nm
+utility with the
.Fl W
or
.Fl w
@@ -443,8 +446,9 @@ and provided more assistance
for the operator running
.Xr restore .
.Pp
-.Nm Dump
-cannot do remote backups without being run as root, due to its
+The
+.Nm
+utility cannot do remote backups without being run as root, due to its
security history. This will be fixed in a later version of
.Fx .
Presently, it works if you set it setuid (like it used to be), but this
@@ -452,5 +456,5 @@ might constitute a security risk.
.Sh HISTORY
A
.Nm
-command appeared in
+utility appeared in
.At v6 .
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