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dump: Mention tar output in command help text

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Michael Eischer 2020-08-31 21:40:47 +02:00
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@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ var cmdDump = &cobra.Command{
Use: "dump [flags] snapshotID file", Use: "dump [flags] snapshotID file",
Short: "Print a backed-up file to stdout", Short: "Print a backed-up file to stdout",
Long: ` Long: `
The "dump" command extracts a single file from a snapshot from the repository and The "dump" command extracts files from a snapshot from the repository. If a
prints its contents to stdout. single file is selected, it prints its contents to stdout. Folders are output
as a tar file containing the contents of the specified folder. Pass "/" as
file name to dump the whole snapshot as a tar file.
The special snapshot "latest" can be used to use the latest snapshot in the The special snapshot "latest" can be used to use the latest snapshot in the
repository. repository.