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Author: Mark Reynolds <mreynolds(a)redhat.com>
Date: Thu May 4 15:44:51 2017 -0400
Ticket 49241 - Update man page and usage for db2bak.pl
Description: The usage and man page should state thtthe backup directory
is actually a symlink to the the server's backup directory.
Otherwise it is misleading, and could eventaully lead to
diskspace issues.
https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49241
Reviewed by: firstyear(Thanks!)
---
ldap/admin/src/scripts/db2bak.pl.in | 4 ++--
man/man8/db2bak.pl.8 | 2 +-
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ldap/admin/src/scripts/db2bak.pl.in b/ldap/admin/src/scripts/db2bak.pl.in
index c73caa1..73d4187 100644
--- a/ldap/admin/src/scripts/db2bak.pl.in
+++ b/ldap/admin/src/scripts/db2bak.pl.in
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ sub usage {
print(STDERR " -w - - Prompt for Directory Manager's
password\n");
print(STDERR " -Z serverID - Server instance identifier\n");
print(STDERR " -j filename - Read Directory Manager's password from
file\n");
- print(STDERR " -A backupdir - Backup directory
(backupdir/ID-<date_time>)\n");
- print(STDERR " -a backupdir - Backup directory\n");
+ print(STDERR " -A backupdir - Backup directory
symlink(backupdir/ID-<date_time>)\n");
+ print(STDERR " -a backupdir - Backup directory symlink\n");
print(STDERR " -t dbtype - Database type (default: ldbm
database)\n");
print(STDERR " -P protocol - STARTTLS, LDAPS, LDAPI, LDAP (default:
uses most secure protocol available)\n");
print(STDERR " -h - Display usage\n");
diff --git a/man/man8/db2bak.pl.8 b/man/man8/db2bak.pl.8
index a752885..c51ccae 100644
--- a/man/man8/db2bak.pl.8
+++ b/man/man8/db2bak.pl.8
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ The name of the file that contains the root DN password.
The backend database type (default: ldbm database).
.TP
.B \fB\-a\fR \fIbackupdir\fR
-The directory where the backup should be stored.
+The directory where the backup should be stored. This directory is a symbolic link to
the actual backup files located under "nsslapd-bakdir" directory that is set in
the "cn=config" entry.
.TP
.B \fB\-A\fR \fIbackupdir\fR
This is similar to \fB-a\fR, except that a sub-directory of \fIbackupdir\fR will be
created for the backup, and the name of the sub-directory will be a timestamp of the form
\fIserver-instance-date_time\fR.
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