X-Git-Url: https://git.cworth.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Ftar-snapshot-edit.texi;h=ed9640c5964c10abd545279630f2e026bca740cd;hb=ee168310ec4227174ace489bf5f81f8c2f91cde0;hp=9c01a4ae35b5aed81b5fec44c1c31701e450f378;hpb=138fc7e67e3d9845cd7d81aad0e9c7724784f9b9;p=tar diff --git a/doc/tar-snapshot-edit.texi b/doc/tar-snapshot-edit.texi index 9c01a4a..ed9640c 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 @@ -55,4 +55,3 @@ file version 2 $ @kbd{tar-snapshot-edit -b -r 0x0306-0x4500 /var/backup/snap.a} file version 2 @end smallexample -