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Synopsis: dump fials for dumping subdirectory

State-Changed-From-To: open-closed
State-Changed-By: joerg
State-Changed-When: Sun Oct 12 14:46:00 MEST 1997
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It seems to be intention that dump(8) only accepts the root of a
filesystem.  This can be argued about, but most people who specify a
subdirectory would expect it to dump data beginning right at this
subdirectory, so the suggested change is IMHO counter-intuitive.

If someone would offer a patch that makes dump(8) work on subdirs, i
certainly wouldn't mind...