Import Upstream version 1.8.5
[hcoop/debian/openafs.git] / doc / man-pages / pod8 / backup_help.pod
CommitLineData
805e021f
CE
1=head1 NAME
2
3backup_help - Displays help for backup commands
4
5=head1 SYNOPSIS
6
7=for html
8<div class="synopsis">
9
10B<backup help> S<<< [B<-topic> <I<help string>>+] >>> [B<-admin>] [B<-help>]
11
12B<backup h> S<<< [B<-t> <I<help string>>+] >>> [B<-a>] [B<-h>]
13
14=for html
15</div>
16
17=head1 DESCRIPTION
18
19The B<backup help> command displays the complete online help entry (short
20description and syntax statement) for each operation code specified by the
21B<-topic> argument. If the B<-topic> argument is omitted, the output
22includes the first line (name and short description) of the online help
23entry for every B<backup> command.
24
25To list every backup command whose name or short description includes a
26specified keyword, use the B<backup apropos> command.
27
28=head1 OPTIONS
29
30=over 4
31
32=item B<-topic> <I<help string>>+
33
34Indicates each command for which to display the complete online help
35entry. Omit the B<backup> part of the command name, providing only the
36operation code (for example, specify B<dump>, not B<backup dump>). If this
37argument is omitted, the output briefly describes every B<backup> command.
38
39=item B<-help>
40
41Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are
42ignored.
43
44=back
45
46=head1 OUTPUT
47
48The online help entry for each backup command consists of the following
49two or three lines:
50
51=over 4
52
53=item *
54
55The first line names the command and briefly describes its function.
56
57=item *
58
59The second line lists aliases for the command, if any.
60
61=item *
62
63The final line, which begins with the string C<Usage>, lists the command's
64options in the prescribed order. Online help entries use the same symbols
65(for example, brackets) as the reference pages in this document.
66
67=back
68
69=head1 EXAMPLES
70
71The following example displays the online help entry for the B<backup
72dump> command:
73
74 % backup help dump
75 backup dump: start dump
76 Usage: backup dump -volumeset <volume set name> -dump <dump level name>
77 [-portoffset <TC port offset>] [-at <Date/time to start dump>+]
78 [-append] [-n] [-file <load file>] [-help]
79
80=head1 PRIVILEGE REQUIRED
81
82None
83
84=head1 SEE ALSO
85
86L<backup(8)>,
87L<backup_apropos(8)>
88
89=head1 COPYRIGHT
90
91IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.
92
93This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0. It was
94converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams and Russ
95Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.