X-Git-Url: https://git.dogcows.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Ftar-snapshot-edit.texi;h=9c930efe3c8ef493329ee845c54d6d6273941603;hb=338add8d10a787aafb6fd57aeae497a79a8d5855;hp=9c01a4ae35b5aed81b5fec44c1c31701e450f378;hpb=46b07a52f9dcd3f0a298dfaf85fc0cf502d019dc;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/doc/tar-snapshot-edit.texi b/doc/tar-snapshot-edit.texi index 9c01a4a..9c930ef 100644 --- a/doc/tar-snapshot-edit.texi +++ b/doc/tar-snapshot-edit.texi @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ @cindex snapshot files, editing @cindex snapshot files, fixing device numbers Sometimes device numbers can change after upgrading your kernel -version or recofiguring the harvare. Reportedly this is the case with +version or reconfiguring the hardware. Reportedly this is the case with some newer @i{Linux} kernels, when using @acronym{LVM}. In majority of cases this change is unnoticed by the users. However, it influences @command{tar} incremental backups: the device number is stored in tar @@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ the @command{tar-snapshot-edit} utility for inspecting and updating device numbers in snapshot files. The utility, written by Dustin J.@: Mitchell, is available from @uref{http://www.gnu.org/@/software/@/tar/@/utils/@/tar-snapshot-edit.html, -@GNUTAR{} home page}. +@GNUTAR{} home page}. - To obtain the device numbers used in the snapshot file, run + To obtain the device numbers used in the snapshot file, run @smallexample $ @kbd{tar-snapshot-edit @var{snapfile}} @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ $ @kbd{tar-snapshot-edit @var{snapfile}} @noindent where @var{snapfile} is the name of the snapshot file (you can supply as many -files as you wish in a single command line ). +files as you wish in a single command line). To update all occurrences of the given device number in the file, use @option{-r} option. It takes a single argument of the form