---
name: "backupchecker"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "backupchecker"
version: "1.9-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/backupchecker"
---

# backupchecker(1)

fully automated backup checker

## NAME

backupchecker - fully automated backup checker

## SYNOPSIS

backupchecker \[-c DIR\] \[-l FILE\] \[-G\] ARG1 ARG2

## DESCRIPTION

Backup Checker parses backups (archives and file tree) to perform several different checks in order to verify your backup integrity and its associated content.

## OPTIONS

- **-c** *DIR***, --configpath** *DIR*

  the path to the configurations

- **-C** *DIR***, --output-conf-dir** *DIR*

  the directory to store the configuration file

- **-d** *DELIMITER***, --delimiter** *DELIMITER*

  delimiter of the fields for the list of files

- **-E** *FILE***, --exceptions-file** *FILE*

  delimiter of the fields for the list of files

- **-g, --gen-list**

  generate a list of files inside a backup

- **-G, --gen-full**

  generate the configuration file and the list of files for the backup

- **-H, --hashes**

  generate the hash sum of each encountered file in the backup

- **--hashtype** *HASHTYPE*

  the type of the hash sum to use while generating configurations for the archive

- **-l** *FILE***, --log** *FILE*

  the log file

- **-L** *DIR***, --output-list-dir** *DIR*

  the directory to store the list of files inside an archive or tree

- **-n** *NAME***, --configuration-name** *NAME*

  the name to use to name the .conf and .list generated by -g or -G options (default is the name of the archive)

- **-O** *DIR***, --output-list-and-conf-dir** *DIR*

  the directory to store the configuration file and the list of files inside an archive or tree

- **-v, --version**

  the version of Backup Checker

## EXAMPLES

Generate the list of files (.conf and .list files) and their attributes inside a backup

$ backupchecker -G /backups/monthly-backup.tar.gz

Launch Backup Checker indicating your configuration directory and your log file

$ backupchecker -c /etc/brebis/ -l /var/log/brebis.log

Verify a remote backup by FTP

$ wget --quiet -O - ftp://user:pass@server/backup.tar.gz \| backupchecker -c /etc/brebis/ -l /var/log/brebis.log

## AUTHOR

Carl Chenet \<chaica@backupchecker.com\[\]\>

## RESSOURCES

Backup Checkup project homepage : https://github.com/backupchecker/backupchecker

## LICENSE

Copyright © 2015-2017 Carl Chenet \<chaica@backupchecker.com\> This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.