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diff --git a/sbin/dump/dump.8 b/sbin/dump/dump.8 index f51abca..ad9a447 100644 --- a/sbin/dump/dump.8 +++ b/sbin/dump/dump.8 @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ .Sh NAME .Nm dump , .Nm rdump -.Nd filesystem backup +.Nd file system backup .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl 0123456789acknSu @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ .Op Fl h Ar level .Op Fl s Ar feet .Op Fl T Ar date -.Ar filesystem +.Ar file system .Nm .Fl W | Fl w .Pp @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ is not documented here.) The .Nm utility examines files -on a filesystem +on a file system and determines which files need to be backed up. These files @@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ options. By default, the same output file name is used for each volume after prompting the operator to change media. .Pp -The filesystem to be dumped is specified by the argument -.Ar filesystem +The file system to be dumped is specified by the argument +.Ar file system as either its device-special file or its mount point (if that is in a standard entry in .Pa /etc/fstab ) . @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ The following options are supported by .It Fl 0\-9 Dump levels. A level 0, full backup, -guarantees the entire filesystem is copied +guarantees the entire file system is copied (but see also the .Fl h option below). @@ -239,12 +239,12 @@ the file is readable by people, consisting of one free format record per line: -filesystem name, +file system name, increment level and .Xr ctime 3 format dump date. -There may be only one entry per filesystem at each level. +There may be only one entry per file system at each level. The .Pa dumpdates file @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ but the .Fl D option may be used to change it. .It Fl W -Tell the operator what filesystems need to be dumped. +Tell the operator what file systems need to be dumped. This information is gleaned from the files .Pa dumpdates and @@ -267,19 +267,19 @@ The .Fl W option causes .Nm -to print out, for each filesystem in +to print out, for each file system in the .Pa dumpdates file the most recent dump date and level, -and highlights those filesystems that should be dumped. +and highlights those file systems that should be dumped. If the .Fl W option 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. +Is like W, but prints only those file systems which need to be dumped. .El .Pp Directories and regular files which have their @@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ Always start with a level 0 backup, for example: This should be done at set intervals, say once a month or once every two months, and on a set of fresh tapes that is saved forever. .It -After a level 0, dumps of active filesystems are taken on a daily basis, +After a level 0, dumps of active file systems are taken on a daily basis, using a modified Tower of Hanoi algorithm, with this sequence of dump levels: .Bd -literal -offset indent @@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ For the daily dumps, it should be possible to use a fixed number of tapes for each day, used on a weekly basis. Each week, a level 1 dump is taken, and the daily Hanoi sequence repeats beginning with 3. -For weekly dumps, another fixed set of tapes per dumped filesystem is +For weekly dumps, another fixed set of tapes per dumped file system is used, also on a cyclical basis. .El .Pp @@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ see the .Fl D option) .It Pa /etc/fstab -dump table: filesystems and frequency +dump table: file systems and frequency .It Pa /etc/group to find group .Em operator @@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ Dump exits with zero status on success. Startup errors are indicated with an exit code of 1; abnormal termination is indicated with an exit code of 3. .Sh BUGS -Fewer than 32 read errors on the filesystem are ignored. +Fewer than 32 read errors on the file system are ignored. .Pp Each reel requires a new process, so parent processes for reels already written just hang around until the entire tape @@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ utility with the .Fl W or .Fl w -options does not report filesystems that have never been recorded +options does not report file systems that have never been recorded in the .Pa dumpdates file, |
