Receiving Help

There are several different ways to receive help about DFS commands. The following examples summarize the syntax for the different help options:

$ man bak
Displays the reference page for the command suite.

$ man bak_command
Displays the reference page for an individual command. You must use an _ (underscore) to connect the command suite to the command name. Do not use the underscore when issuing the command in DFS.

$ bak help
Displays a list of commands in a command suite.

$ bak help command
Displays the syntax for a single command.

$ bak apropos -topic string
Displays a short description of any commands that match the specified string.

Consult the dfs_intro(8dfs) reference page for complete information about the DFS help facilities.

Privilege Required
It is recommended that all system administrators using the Backup System be included in the following lists: the admin.bak file on all machines that house the Backup Database; the admin.fl file on all machines that house the Fileset Location Database (FLDB); and the admin.ft file on all File Server machines. The issuer of a bak command must be included in the admin.bak list on all machines that house the Backup Database.

Related Information
Commands: bak adddump(8dfs)

bak addftentry(8dfs)

bak addftfamily(8dfs)

bak addhost(8dfs)

bak apropos(8dfs)

bak deletedump(8dfs)

bak dump(8dfs)

bak dumpinfo(8dfs)

bak ftinfo(8dfs)

bak help(8dfs)

bak labeltape(8dfs)

bak lsdumps(8dfs)

bak lsftfamilies(8dfs)

bak lshosts(8dfs)

bak readlabel(8dfs)

bak restoredb(8dfs)

bak restoreftfamily(8dfs)

bak restoredisk(8dfs)

bak restoreft(8dfs)

bak rmdump(8dfs)

bak rmftentry(8dfs)

bak rmftfamily(8dfs)

bak rmhost(8dfs)

bak savedb(8dfs)

bak scantape(8dfs)

bak setexp(8dfs)

bak status(8dfs)

bak verifydb(8dfs)

dfs_intro(8dfs)