Module Name: src
Committed By: jnemeth
Date: Sat Sep 20 22:36:09 UTC 2014
Modified Files:
src/sbin/gpt: gpt.8
Log Message:
document the new restore subcommand
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.28 -r1.29 src/sbin/gpt/gpt.8
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Index: src/sbin/gpt/gpt.8
diff -u src/sbin/gpt/gpt.8:1.28 src/sbin/gpt/gpt.8:1.29
--- src/sbin/gpt/gpt.8:1.28 Thu Dec 19 07:49:50 2013
+++ src/sbin/gpt/gpt.8 Sat Sep 20 22:36:09 2014
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: gpt.8,v 1.28 2013/12/19 07:49:50 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: gpt.8,v 1.29 2014/09/20 22:36:09 jnemeth Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2002 Marcel Moolenaar
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD: src/sbin/gpt/gpt.8,v 1.17 2006/06/22 22:22:32 marcel Exp $
.\"
-.Dd December 19, 2013
+.Dd September 20, 2014
.Dt GPT 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -354,6 +354,24 @@ If the
.Fl a
option is specified then the size will be adjusted to be a multiple of
alignment if possible.
+.\" ==== restore ====
+.It Nm Ic restore Oo Fl F Oc Ar device ...
+The
+.Ic restore
+command restores a partition table that was previously saved using the
+.Ic backup
+command.
+The partition table is read from standard input and is expected to be in
+the format of a plist.
+It assumes an empty disk.
+The
+.Fl F
+option can be used to blank the disk.
+The new disk does not have to be the same size as the old disk as long as all
+the partitions fit, as
+.Ic restore
+will automatically adjust.
+However, the new disk must use the same sector size as the old disk.
.\" ==== set ====
.It Nm Ic set Fl a Ar attribute Fl i Ar index Ar device ...
The
