X-Git-Url: https://git.brokenzipper.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=doc%2Fdumpdir.texi;h=faf9ca22f6d8a83444e88463e2671befdaafcbd9;hb=f6edb92580aa886a2a0189463c19189a050dc62d;hp=ab917c0b787c6eda7fd010b79255d84b1e87739c;hpb=018de583736a72435dfed331383a236830a08d04;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/doc/dumpdir.texi b/doc/dumpdir.texi index ab917c0..faf9ca2 100644 --- a/doc/dumpdir.texi +++ b/doc/dumpdir.texi @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @c This is part of the paxutils manual. -@c Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +@c Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c Written by Sergey Poznyakoff @c This file is distributed under GFDL 1.1 or any later version @c published by the Free Software Foundation. @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ changed since the last backup. @item R This code requests renaming of the @var{filename} to the name -specified with the following @samp{T} command. +specified with the @samp{T} command, that immediately follows it. @item T Specify target file name for @samp{R} command (see below). @@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ New incremental dump was made. @end enumerate This case cannot be handled by three successive renames, since -renaming @file{a} to @file{b} will destroy existing directory. -To handle such case a temporary directory is required. @GNUTAR{} -will create the following dumpdir (newlines have been added for +renaming @file{a} to @file{b} will destroy the existing directory. +To correctly process it, @GNUTAR{} needs a temporary directory, so +it creates the following dumpdir (newlines have been added for readability): @smallexample @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ corresponding directory, in variable @code{GNU.dumpdir}. @item GNU and old GNU archives These formats implement special header type @samp{D}, which is similar -to ustar header @samp{5} (directory), except that it preceeds a data +to ustar header @samp{5} (directory), except that it precedes a data block containing the dumpdir. @end itemize