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Usage

brebis [-c DIR] [-l FILE] [-g] ARG1 ARG2 ...

Overview

Brebis 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

-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

Examples

Generate the list of files and their attributes inside a backup

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

Launch Brebis indicating your configuration directory and your log file

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

Ressources

Brebis project homepage : http://www.brebisproject.org

History

Debian 13 (Trixie) to Debian 9 (Stretch): the text shown here
Debian 8 (Jessie)

--exceptions-file since Debian 9 (Stretch); -E since Debian 9 (Stretch).