Fix handling of files removed during incremental dumps.

[chaz/tar] / doc / dumpdir.texi

diff --git a/doc/dumpdir.texi b/doc/dumpdir.texi
index ab917c0b787c6eda7fd010b79255d84b1e87739c..faf9ca22f6d8a83444e88463e2671befdaafcbd9 100644 (file)
--- 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