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-.SH "CONFIGURATION OVERWRITE"
+.SH "DUMP SPECIFICATIONS"
+.PP
+A dump specification selects one or more dumps. It has the form
+\fI[host][:disk][@datestamp]\fR, where each component is a pattern as described above. If a component is missing, it is treated as a wildcard. The characters ':', '@', and '\e' may be escaped within any component by preceding them with a '\e'.
+.PP
+Some examples:
+.TS
+tab(:);
+l l
+l l
+l l
+l l
+l l
+l l.
+T{
+DUMPSPEC
+T}:T{
+DESCRIPTION
+T}
+T{
+client17
+T}:T{
+all dumps of client17
+T}
+T{
+@20080615
+T}:T{
+All dumps on with datestamps matching 20080615
+T}
+T{
+webserver:/var/www
+T}:T{
+All dumps of /var/www on host webserver
+T}
+T{
+webserver:/var/www@200806150317
+T}:T{
+The dump of webserver with datestamp 200806150317
+T}
+T{
+:/var/www
+T}:T{
+All dumps of /var/www on any host
+T}
+.TE
+.sp
+.SH "CONFIGURATION OVERRIDE"
.PP
Most command allow to overwrite any configuration parameter on the command line with the \-o option.
.PP