Module Name: src
Committed By: jruoho
Date: Fri May 14 05:04:58 UTC 2010
Modified Files:
src/sbin/dump: dump.8
Log Message:
Use a list for the list of bugs.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.60 -r1.61 src/sbin/dump/dump.8
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files:
Index: src/sbin/dump/dump.8
diff -u src/sbin/dump/dump.8:1.60 src/sbin/dump/dump.8:1.61
--- src/sbin/dump/dump.8:1.60 Fri Feb 26 07:01:17 2010
+++ src/sbin/dump/dump.8 Fri May 14 05:04:58 2010
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: dump.8,v 1.60 2010/02/26 07:01:17 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: dump.8,v 1.61 2010/05/14 05:04:58 jruoho Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
.\" Regents of the University of California.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)dump.8 8.3 (Berkeley) 5/1/95
.\"
-.Dd February 25, 2010
+.Dd May 14, 2010
.Dt DUMP 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -542,12 +542,15 @@
.Fl x
flag from Sun's Solstice Backup utility.
.Sh BUGS
+At least the following caveats can be mentioned.
+.Bl -bullet
+.It
Fewer than 32 read errors on the file system are ignored.
-.Pp
+.It
Each reel requires a new process, so parent processes for
reels already written just hang around until the entire tape
is written.
-.Pp
+.It
.Nm
with the
.Fl W
@@ -558,12 +561,12 @@
.Pa /etc/dumpdates ,
even if listed in
.Pa /etc/fstab .
-.Pp
+.It
When dumping a list of files or subdirectories, access privileges are
required to scan the directory (as this is done via the
.Xr fts 3
routines rather than directly accessing the file system).
-.Pp
+.It
It would be nice if
.Nm
knew about the dump sequence,
@@ -572,7 +575,8 @@
and provided more assistance
for the operator running
.Xr restore 8 .
-.Pp
+.It
Snapshot support is
.Em experimental .
Be sure you have a backup before you use it.
+.El
