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docs: usage; remove strange blurb about tested platforms

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@ -360,21 +360,21 @@ Network (only for client/server operation):
Support for file metadata Support for file metadata
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Besides regular file and directory structures, |project_name| can preserve Besides regular file and directory structures, Borg can preserve
* Symlinks (stored as symlink, the symlink is not followed) * symlinks (stored as symlink, the symlink is not followed)
* Special files: * special files:
* Character and block device files (restored via mknod) * character and block device files (restored via mknod)
* FIFOs ("named pipes") * FIFOs ("named pipes")
* Special file *contents* can be backed up in ``--read-special`` mode. * special file *contents* can be backed up in ``--read-special`` mode.
By default the metadata to create them with mknod(2), mkfifo(2) etc. is stored. By default the metadata to create them with mknod(2), mkfifo(2) etc. is stored.
* Hardlinked regular files, devices, FIFOs (considering all items in the same archive) * hardlinked regular files, devices, FIFOs (considering all items in the same archive)
* Timestamps in nanosecond precision: mtime, atime, ctime * timestamps in nanosecond precision: mtime, atime, ctime
* Permissions: * permissions:
* IDs of owning user and owning group * IDs of owning user and owning group
* Names of owning user and owning group (if the IDs can be resolved) * names of owning user and owning group (if the IDs can be resolved)
* Unix Mode/Permissions (u/g/o permissions, suid, sgid, sticky) * Unix Mode/Permissions (u/g/o permissions, suid, sgid, sticky)
On some platforms additional features are supported: On some platforms additional features are supported:
@ -385,11 +385,7 @@ On some platforms additional features are supported:
| Platform | ACLs | xattr | Flags | | Platform | ACLs | xattr | Flags |
| | [#acls]_ | [#xattr]_ | [#flags]_ | | | [#acls]_ | [#xattr]_ | [#flags]_ |
+==================+==========+===========+============+ +==================+==========+===========+============+
| Linux x86 | Yes | Yes | Yes [1]_ | | Linux | Yes | Yes | Yes [1]_ |
+------------------+ | | |
| Linux PowerPC | | | |
+------------------+ | | |
| Linux ARM | | | |
+------------------+----------+-----------+------------+ +------------------+----------+-----------+------------+
| Mac OS X | Yes | Yes | Yes (all) | | Mac OS X | Yes | Yes | Yes (all) |
+------------------+----------+-----------+ | +------------------+----------+-----------+ |
@ -406,9 +402,6 @@ On some platforms additional features are supported:
| Windows (cygwin) | No [4]_ | No | No | | Windows (cygwin) | No [4]_ | No | No |
+------------------+----------+-----------+------------+ +------------------+----------+-----------+------------+
Some Distributions (e.g. Debian) run additional tests after each release, these
are not reflected here.
Other Unix-like operating systems may work as well, but have not been tested at all. Other Unix-like operating systems may work as well, but have not been tested at all.
Note that most of the platform-dependent features also depend on the file system. Note that most of the platform-dependent features also depend on the file system.