-\fIHostname\fR
-and
-\fIdiskname\fR
-are special expressions described in the "HOST & DISK EXPRESSION" section of
-\fBamanda\fR(8).
-\fIDatestamp\fR
-are special expression described in the "DATESTAMP EXPRESSION" section of
-\fBamanda\fR(8). For example, if
-\fIdiskname\fR
-is "rz[23]a", it would match disks
-\fBrz2a\fR
-and
-\fBrz3a\fR.
+The tool does not reassemble split dumps, but can uncompress compressed dumps\&. Note that decompression may fail for split parts after the first\&. If this occurs, extract the parts without decompressing, concatenate them, and decompress the result\&.
+.PP
+Data is restored from the current volume in
+\fIchangerspec\fR, or from the holding file
+\fIholdingfile\fR\&. In most cases,
+\fIchangerspec\fR
+will name a particular device, e\&.g\&.,
+tape:/dev/nst0
+or
+s3:mybucket/tape\-1\&.