-writes all files in compressed format, even if the backups on the tape are not compressed. Output file names will have a
-.Z
-or
-.gz
-extension depending on whether
-\fBcompress\fR
-or
-\fBgzip\fR
-is the preferred compression program. This option is useful when the current directory disk is small.
-.TP
-\fB-C\fR
-Compress output using the best method the compression program provides (may be very CPU intensive). See the notes above about the
-\fB-c\fR
-option.
-.TP
-\fB-r\fR
-Raw output. Backup images are output exactly as they are on the tape, including the
-\fBamdump\fR
-headers. Output file names will have a
-.RAW
-extension. This option is only useful for debugging and other strange circumstances.
-.TP
-\fB-h\fR
-Header output. The tape header block is output at the beginning of each file. This is like
-\fB-r\fR
-except
-\fB-c\fR
-or
-\fB-C\fR
-may also be used to compress the result.
-\fBAmrecover\fR
-uses the header to determine the restore program to use.
-.PP
-If a header is written (-r or -h), only 32 KBytes are output regardless of the tape blocksize. This makes the resulting image usable as a holding file.
+will automatically uncompress any compressed files\&. This option is useful when the destination disk is small\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-h\fR
+.RS 4
+Include 32k headers on all output files, similar to a holding file\&. This header can be read by another application or utility (see
+\fBAmanda::Header\fR) during the next phase of processing\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-r\fR
+.RS 4
+Output raw files\&. This is similar to
+\fB\-h\fR, but also disables any automatic decompression\&. Output file names will have a
+\&.RAW
+extension\&.
+.RE
+.PP
+\fB\-o \fR\fB\fIconfigoption\fR\fR
+.RS 4
+See the "CONFIGURATION OVERRIDE" section in
+\fBamanda\fR(8)\&.
+.RE