Minor changes.

* doc/snapshot.texi: Clarify the use of nfs field in 0 and 1 formats.
Give more precise information about which versions of tar used each
format.
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Nathan Stratton Treadway
2011-09-19 16:12:04 +03:00
committed by Sergey Poznyakoff
parent 51b272f572
commit a6cc856fbe

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@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ used to determine which files were modified since the last backup.
@GNUTAR{} version @value{VERSION} supports three snapshot file
formats. The first format, called @dfn{format 0}, is the one used by
@GNUTAR{} versions up to 1.15.1. The second format, called @dfn{format
1} is an extended version of this format, that contains more metadata
and allows for further extensions. It was used by version
1.15.1. Starting from version 1.16 and up to @value{VERSION}, the
@dfn{format 2} is used.
@GNUTAR{} versions up to and including 1.15.1. The second format, called
@dfn{format 1} is an extended version of this format, that contains more
metadata and allows for further extensions. It was used by alpha release
version 1.15.90. For alpha version 1.15.91 and stable releases
version 1.16 up through @value{VERSION}, the @dfn{format 2} is used.
@GNUTAR{} is able to read all three formats, but will create
snapshots only in format 2.
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ metadata descriptions, one per line. Each description has the
following format:
@smallexample
@var{nfs}@var{dev} @var{inode} @var{name}
[@var{nfs}]@var{dev} @var{inode} @var{name}
@end smallexample
@noindent
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ where:
@table @var
@item nfs
A single plus character (@samp{+}), if this directory is located on
an @acronym{NFS}-mounted partition, or a single space otherwise;
an @acronym{NFS}-mounted partition, otherwise empty.
(That is, for non-NFS directories, the first character on the
description line contains the start of the @var{dev} field.)
@item dev
Device number of the directory;