Merge commit 'upstream/3.2.0'

[debian/amanda] / man / amflush.8

diff --git a/man/amflush.8 b/man/amflush.8
index 7a7c73c929b4622ed840f082a7494cf5ed597bf7..2cec85aff1ed7c8510022b67ef210eabe91c4e35 100644 (file)
--- a/man/amflush.8
+++ b/man/amflush.8
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 .\"     Title: amflush
 .\"    Author: James da Silva <jds@amanda.org>
 .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot_8273 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\"      Date: 06/01/2010
+.\"      Date: 10/18/2010
 .\"    Manual: System Administration Commands
-.\"    Source: Amanda 3.1.0
+.\"    Source: Amanda 3.2.0
 .\"  Language: English
 .\"
-.TH "AMFLUSH" "8" "06/01/2010" "Amanda 3\&.1\&.0" "System Administration Commands"
+.TH "AMFLUSH" "8" "10/18/2010" "Amanda 3\&.2\&.0" "System Administration Commands"
 .\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
 .\" * set default formatting
 .\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -22,17 +22,20 @@
 amflush \- flush Amanda backup files from holding disk to tape
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
 .HP \w'\fBamflush\fR\ 'u
-\fBamflush\fR [\-b] [\-f] [\-s] [\-D\ \fIdatestamp\fR] \fIconfig\fR [\fIhost\fR\ [\fIdisk\fR...]...] [{\fB\-o\fR\ \fIconfigoption\fR}...]
+\fBamflush\fR [\-b] [\-f] [\-s] [\-D\ \fIdatestamp\fR] \fIconfig\fR [\fIhost\fR\ [\fIdisk\fR...]...] [\fB\-o\fR\ \fIconfigoption\fR...]
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .PP
 \fBAmflush\fR
 writes Amanda backups from the holding disks to tape, and updates the Amanda info database and
 \fBtapelist\fR(5)
-accordingly\&. Backups may stay in a holding disk when something is wrong with the tape at the time
+accordingly\&. It is similar to amdump, but does not perform any backup operations on Amanda clients\&. Backups may stay in a holding disk when something is wrong with the tape at the time
 \fBamdump\fR
 is run\&. When this happens, the problem must be corrected and
 \fBamflush\fR
 run by hand\&.
+.PP
+The command optionally takes a set of DLE specifications (see
+\fBamanda-match\fR(7)) to narrow the DLEs for which dumps will be flushed\&. All dumps in holding are flushed if no expressions are given\&.
 .SH "OPTIONS"
 .PP
 \fB\-b\fR
@@ -66,16 +69,17 @@ option\&.
 .PP
 \fB\-D datestamp\fR
 .RS 4
-specify a datestamp expression you want to flush, see the "DATESTAMP EXPRESSION" section of
-\fBamanda\fR(8)
-for a description\&.
+specify a datestamp expression you want to flush; see
+\fBamanda-match\fR(7)
+for details on the format of this expression\&.
 \fB\-D 20001225\-7\fR
 will flush all dumps from 25 december 2000 to 27 december 2000\&.
 .RE
 .PP
 \fIhost\fR [\fIdisk\fR]*
 .RS 4
-Specify the host and disk on which the command will work\&.
+Specify the host and disk on which the command will work \-\- see the description of DLE specifications in
+\fBamanda-match\fR(7)\&.
 .RE
 .PP
 \fB\-o \fR\fB\fIconfigoption\fR\fR
@@ -146,7 +150,8 @@ The exit code of \fBamflush\fR is the ORed value of:
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .PP
 \fBamanda\fR(8),
-\fBamdump\fR(8)
+\fBamdump\fR(8),
+\fBamanda-match\fR(7)
 .PP
 The Amanda Wiki:
 : http://wiki.zmanda.com/