---
name: "backup-checkallused"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "chiark-backup"
version: "8.0.1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/backup-checkallused"
---

# backup-checkallused(1)

check chiark-backup configuration

## NAME

backup-checkallused - check chiark-backup configuration

## SYNOPSIS

**backup-checkallused**\

## DESCRIPTION

\`backup-checkallused' does a check of the configuration files.  It should give a cryptic summary of the configuration and print 'configuration ok'. If not, fix your config files :-\> You have to create the file \
 /var/lib/chiark-backup/last-tape containing the id of a tape; this helps backup-checkallused know where to start iterating over tapes.  Any tapeid will do.  (But don't make it the same as the one you want to back up to first.)

## OPTIONS

None

## FILES

- */etc/chiark-backup/settings.pl*

  Configuration file for the whole of chiark-backup

## AUTHOR

This Manual page was written by Matthew Vernon \<matthew@debian.org\> but  may be used by anyone.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1997-1998,2000-2001 Ian Jackson \<ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk\>\
 Copyright (C) 1999 Peter Maydell \<pmaydell@chiark.greenend.org.uk\>\
 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.