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Date:      Fri, 14 Jun 2019 06:10:15 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Kirk McKusick <mckusick@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r349032 - head/sbin/dump
Message-ID:  <201906140610.x5E6AF51044493@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: mckusick
Date: Fri Jun 14 06:10:15 2019
New Revision: 349032
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/349032

Log:
  Clarify that the -r and -R options can be used only to create level 0 dumps.
  
  Suggested by: phk
  MFC after:    3 days

Modified:
  head/sbin/dump/dump.8

Modified: head/sbin/dump/dump.8
==============================================================================
--- head/sbin/dump/dump.8	Fri Jun 14 04:01:08 2019	(r349031)
+++ head/sbin/dump/dump.8	Fri Jun 14 06:10:15 2019	(r349032)
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .\"     @(#)dump.8	8.3 (Berkeley) 5/1/95
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd June 11, 2018
+.Dd June 13, 2019
 .Dt DUMP 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -266,6 +266,12 @@ used to update a remote copy of a level 0 dump,
 since the date changes for each dump.
 This option sets both dates to the epoch, permitting
 rsync to be much more efficient when transferring a dump file.
+The
+.Fl r
+option can be used only to create level 0 dumps.
+A dump using the
+.Fl r
+option cannot be used as the basis for a later incremental dump.
 .It Fl R
 Be even more rsync-friendly.
 This option disables the storage of the actual inode access time
@@ -277,6 +283,12 @@ The
 .Fl R
 option also sets
 .Fl r .
+The
+.Fl R
+option can be used only to create level 0 dumps.
+A dump using the
+.Fl R
+option cannot be used as the basis for a later incremental dump.
 .It Fl S
 Display an estimate of the backup size and the number of
 tapes required, and exit without actually performing the dump.



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