Changeset 907 in MondoRescue for branches/stable

Timestamp:

Oct 27, 2006, 8:10:08 PM (19 years ago)

Author:

Bruno Cornec

Message:

Updated mondoarchive man page thanks to feedback from Carol Anne Ogdin <caogdin_at_gmail.com>

File:

• branches/stable/mondo-doc/mondoarchive.8 (modified) (7 diffs)

branches/stable/mondo-doc/mondoarchive.8

@@ -105 +105 @@
 .B prefix 
 to generate the name of your ISO images.
-By default, mondoarchive calls images mondorescue-1.iso, mondorescue-2.iso, ...
+By default, mondoarchive names images mondorescue-1.iso, mondorescue-2.iso, ...
 Using 
 .B -p machine
-it will call your images machine-1.iso, machine-2.iso, ...
+will name your images machine-1.iso, machine-2.iso, ...
 
 .TP
@@ -145 +145 @@
 Exclude path(s) from backup. The paths should be separated with a whitespace.
 Note that mondo automatically excludes removable media (/mnt/floppy,
-/mnt/cdrom, etc.). For example, if you are backing up to an NFS mount but you
+/mnt/cdrom, /proc, /sys, /tmp). For example, if you are backing up to an NFS mount but you
 do not want to include the contents of the mount in a backup, exclude your
 local mount-point with this switch. It will also work with partitions, e.g.
@@ -151 +151 @@
 the mountlist. NB: If you exclude /dev/sdd4 then the /dev entry itself will
 still be backed up, even though the mountlist entry will be suppressed.
-NOTA: If you precise a directory with a final / its content will be archived so it won't do what you expect.
+N.B.: If you specify a directory with a final / its content will be archived so it won't do what you expect.
 
 .TP
@@ -272 +272 @@
 .TP
 .BI "-S " "path"
-Specify the scratchdir, the directory where ISO images are built before being
+Specify the full pathname of the scratchdir, the directory where ISO images are built before being
 archived. If you have plenty of RAM and want to use a ramdisk for scratch
 space, specify its path here.
@@ -278 +278 @@
 .TP
 .BI "-T " "path"
-Specify the tempdir, the directory where temporary files (other than ISO images
+Specify the full pathname of the tempdir, the directory where temporary files (other than ISO images
 being assembled) are stored. See
 .B -S
@@ -320 +320 @@
 .TP
 .BI "-K " "loglevel"
-Specify the loglevel.
+Specify the loglevel. Use 99 for full debug. Standard debug level is 4.
 
 
@@ -361 +361 @@
 for its ISO's unless you exclude it, as follows:-
 .br
-.I "mondoarchive -Oi -d /mnt/foo -E \"/mnt/foo /mnt/foo2\""
+.I "mondoarchive -Oi -d /mnt/foo -E \"/mnt/foo /mnt/foo2\" -p `hostname`-`date +%Y-%m-%d`"
 
 Backup to ISO's non-interactively, e.g. as a job running in /etc/cron.daily: