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.Os
.Sh NAME
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.Op file
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
-is a simple data deduplication program.
+deduplicates data from the specified
+.Ar file .
+If no
+.Ar file
+is specified then it reads from standard input.
+.Pp
.Nm
-only handles a single file at a time, so using tar is advised.
+does not track any file metadata so to deduplicate
+directory trees, an archival tool like
+.Xr tar 1
+should be used.
.Sh OPTIONS
-.Bl -tag -width "-r root"
+.Bl -tag -width "-m message"
.It Fl Z
-Disable compression support for this repository. This flag
-only has an effect when initializing the repository. By default
-compression is enabled.
+Disable compression support for this repository.
+This flag only has an effect when initializing the repository.
+By default compression is enabled.
.It Fl c
Perform a consistency check on the repository.
.It Fl i
Initialize the repository.
.It Fl l
-List snapshots by hash.
+List snapshots.
.It Fl v
Enable verbose mode.
.It Fl e Ar id
Extract snapshot with the specified id.
.It Fl r Ar root
-Set the root directory where the .snapshots and .store
-files will be created.
+Set the directory where the repository will be created.
+By default the repository is created in the current directory.
.It Fl m Ar message
Attach a descriptive message to the snapshot.
.El