tags 378349 +pending
thanks
On Sat, 2006-07-15 at 16:59 +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> The documentation and the --help output of dump consistently refer to a
> "-level#" parameter. I had to fetch the source to figure out that I
> needed to invoke dump with a parameter like "-0" to actually get that to
> work, and that no "-level# 0" or "-level0" or something similar was not
> correct.
>
> It would be nice if the documentation could include an example, or at
> least a clarification that the "level#" stuff needs to be replaced.
There actually already is an example of correct usage in the man page
where it tells you to always start with a level 0 backup:
/sbin/dump -0u -f /dev/st0 /usr/src
However, I agree that this could be made a little less obscure. I've
added a small inline example to the man page as shown below, which will
be part of my next Debian package upload.
Thanks for your suggestion.
Bdale
--- dump/dump.8.in 2 Jan 2006 23:22:14 -0000 1.11
+++ dump/dump.8.in 15 Jul 2006 18:17:33 -0000
@@ -87,8 +87,9 @@
.B dump:
.TP
.BI \-level#
-The dump level (any integer). A level 0, full backup, guarantees the
-entire file system is copied (but see also the
+The dump level (any integer). A level 0, full backup, specified by
+.B \-0
+guarantees the entire file system is copied (but see also the
.B \-h
option below). A level number above 0, incremental backup, tells
.B dump
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