controm terminql -> controlling terminal;

Don't treat the first arg as a 4.3BSD option string if it contains a '/'.
Also document that files-to-dump could be interpreted as a 4.3BSD option
if it doesn't contain a slash. OK deraadt@

Spell "mount point" as other man pages do, with a space.

ok jmc@

More correction of section 3 layout. directory->opendir, fts->fts_open,
getcap->cgetent. pwcache->user_from_uid. And then repair references.
ok jmc

add some EXIT STATUS sections; from matthew martin

fix HISTORY;
patches from Sevan Janiyan <venture37 at geeklan dot co dot uk>;
verified using minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl

add missing NAME entries; ok schwarze

Eliminate the -U flag and make usage of DUID in /etc/dumpdates the default.
Correct old style entries so nothing has to be done for the admin.

diff from Manuel Giraud (manuel (at) ledu-giraud.fr) T

Eliminate the -U flag and make usage of DUID in /etc/dumpdates the default.
Correct old style entries so nothing has to be done for the admin.

diff from Manuel Giraud (manuel (at) ledu-giraud.fr) Thanks!

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files-to-dump can be a duid;
From: Maximilian Fillinger

make dump support DUIDs for command line arguments and /etc/dumpdates (using
the new shiny -U switch)

dumpdates part originating from, and discussed with, Maximilian Fillinger

seems reasonable to k

make dump support DUIDs for command line arguments and /etc/dumpdates (using
the new shiny -U switch)

dumpdates part originating from, and discussed with, Maximilian Fillinger

seems reasonable to krw@, "get it in" deraadt@

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Add option -S to have dump(8) only estimate backup size and number of tapes
required (from NetBSD).

ok beck@, krw@ and sthen@

Make our dump(8) honour the "nodump" flag for directories, effectively
disabling dumping their contents.

input and ok otto@ millert@
man page bits input and ok jmc@

the kids want I/O;

put the SIGINFO blurb in a saner place;

do not confuse the reader telling he should use a towers of hanoi
based scheme when it makes no sense: a weekly schedule does not
benefit from it. ok mbalmer@ jmc@ ray@

convert to new .Dd format;

shuffle the text slightly into a more logical order;

the -W and -w flags do not need a separate synopsis;

move the text describing 4.3 syntax compatibility to HISTORY, rather
than slap bang in SYNOPSIS;

document the "opaque", "arch", and "nodump" flags more fully;
closes documentation/5384 from Andrew Hamilton-Wright

help from henning, otto, and weingart

igor sobrado spotted that although we have mlinks for rdump and
rrestore, the pages they point to don;t actually mention them.
so make it clear that their functionality is now integral in dump and
re

igor sobrado spotted that although we have mlinks for rdump and
rrestore, the pages they point to don;t actually mention them.
so make it clear that their functionality is now integral in dump and
restore, and sync the text a little between the two pages;

help/ok otto

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$TAPE Ev may refer to a number of things, not just a physical tape device:
- for -f description, point people to TAPE
- for TAPE description, point people to -f
- use `file' to describe these differi

$TAPE Ev may refer to a number of things, not just a physical tape device:
- for -f description, point people to TAPE
- for TAPE description, point people to -f
- use `file' to describe these differing forms, as that is consistent with
the rest of the page

this is based on -r1.71 from freebsd, from ceri davies,
which was in turn based on pr #84200 from gary w. swearingen;

ok otto@

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.Ql Fl -> .Sq Fl where literal makes no sense;

fix some more UCB term 3

- section reorder
- some mdoc fixes