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authorPhilippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-06 19:35:14 +0000
committerPhilippe Charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org>2002-07-06 19:35:14 +0000
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The .Nm utility.
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=99503
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@@ -85,15 +85,16 @@ is not documented here.)
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-command performs the inverse function of
+utility performs the inverse function of
.Xr dump 8 .
A full backup of a filesystem may be restored and
subsequent incremental backups layered on top of it.
Single files and
directory subtrees may be restored from full or partial
backups.
-.Nm Restore
-works across a network;
+The
+.Nm
+utility works across a network;
to do this see the
.Fl f
flag described below.
@@ -144,8 +145,9 @@ those files that are not needed.
.It Ic extract
All the files that are on the extraction list are extracted
from the dump.
-.Nm Restore
-will ask which volume the user wishes to mount.
+The
+.Nm
+utility will ask which volume the user wishes to mount.
The fastest way to extract a few files is to
start with the last volume, and work towards the first volume.
.It Ic help
@@ -159,7 +161,7 @@ flag is set the inode number of each entry is also listed.
.It Ic pwd
Print the full pathname of the current working directory.
.It Ic quit
-Restore immediately exits,
+Exit immediately,
even if the extraction list is not empty.
.It Ic setmodes
All the directories that have been added to the extraction list
@@ -177,13 +179,12 @@ It also causes
.Nm
to print out information about each file as it is extracted.
.It Ic what
-Displays dump header information, which includes: date,
+Display dump header information, which includes: date,
level, label, and the filesystem and host dump was made
from.
.El
.It Fl R
-.Nm Restore
-requests a particular tape of a multi volume set on which to restart
+Request a particular tape of a multi volume set on which to restart
a full restore
(see the
.Fl r
@@ -224,7 +225,9 @@ restore passes.
This file should be removed when the last incremental has been
restored.
.Pp
-.Nm Restore ,
+The
+.Nm
+utility ,
in conjunction with
.Xr newfs 8
and
@@ -353,8 +356,9 @@ Do not ask the user whether to abort the restore in the event of an error.
Always try to skip over the bad block(s) and continue.
.El
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
+The
.Nm
-complains if it gets a read error.
+utility complains if it gets a read error.
If
.Fl y
has been specified, or the user responds
@@ -439,8 +443,9 @@ information passed between incremental restores.
.Xr newfs 8 ,
.Xr rmt 8
.Sh BUGS
-.Nm Restore
-can get confused when doing incremental restores from
+The
+.Nm
+utility can get confused when doing incremental restores from
dumps that were made on active filesystems.
.Pp
A level zero dump must be done after a full restore.
@@ -479,5 +484,5 @@ operations shouldn't conflict with each other.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
-command appeared in
+utility appeared in
.Bx 4.2 .