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Subject: docs/4223: dump(8) man page error
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>Number:         4223
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       dump(8) man page error
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Aug  3 20:20:01 PDT 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Curt Welch
>Organization:
KCW Consulting
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE i386
>Environment:

	

>Description:

	Units for B option is 1K blocks, not dump records, as the man
	page says.

>How-To-Repeat:

	Run dump on a large fs with various dump record sizes (b option) and see
	for yourself that the number of "tape blocks" stays the same
	(it's in 1K blocks also), the "on N tape(s)", is based on
	a B value in 1K blocks.

	I didn't check to source to see if it's more complex than this, but
	someone should before fixing the man page.

>Fix:
	
	Change the man page (or if historically dump was as the man page says,
	then fix dump).

	B blocks
		   The number of 1K "tape blocks" per volume.  This option
		   overrides the calculation of tape size based on length
		   and density.

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: