rsync-backup.8: Fix some source-level formatting.

[rsync-backup] / rsync-backup.8

diff --git a/rsync-backup.8 b/rsync-backup.8
index aa7821fb974908d4642b9553538ddd55500442ea..0710158e404a67256b2d01cec83459f7458afc2f 100644 (file)
--- a/rsync-backup.8
+++ b/rsync-backup.8
@@ -158,7 +158,9 @@ will avoid inefficient and pointless messing about
 in this case.
 This command clears the
 .B like
-list, and resets the retention policy to its default (i.e., the to
+list, the remote
+.B user
+name, and resets the retention policy to its default (i.e., the to
 policy defined prior to the first
 .B host
 command).
@@ -202,6 +204,7 @@ or
 Expiry considers each existing dump against the policy lines in order:
 the last applicable line determines the dump's fate \(en so you should
 probably write the lines in decreasing order of duration.
+.RS
 .PP
 Groups of
 .B retain
@@ -226,6 +229,7 @@ is the
 policy: at the start of each
 .B host
 stanza, the policy is reset to the default.
+.RE
 .TP
 .BI "retry " count
 The
@@ -249,6 +253,15 @@ for subsequent backups.  Some snapshot types require additional
 arguments, which may be supplied here.  This command clears the
 .B retry
 counter.
+.TP
+.BI "user " name
+Specify the user name on the remote host.  Without this, calls to
+.BR ssh (1)
+and
+.BR rsync (1)
+won't specify any user name, so the default (probably from the
+.BR ssh_config (5)
+file) will apply.
 .SS Configuration variables
 The following shell variables may be overridden by the configuration
 file.
@@ -463,13 +476,17 @@ when no backup is running.
 .PP
 So don't use those names for your hosts.
 .PP
-The next layer down contains a directory for each filesystem on the given host.
+The next layer down contains a directory for each filesystem on the
+given host.
 .PP
 The bottom layer contains a directory for each dump of that filesystem,
 named with the date at which the dump was started (in ISO8601
 .IB yyyy \(en mm \(en dd
 format), together with associated files named
 .IB date .* \fR.
+There is also a symbolic link
+.B last
+referring to the most recent backup of the filesystem.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR fshash (1),
 .BR lvm (8),