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storeBackupCheckBackup(1)

storeBackupCheckBackup1

Checks if a file in the backup is missing or corrupted

Usage

storeBackupCheckBackup.pl -c backupDir [-v level] [-p number] [-i]

Overview

This program calculates md5 sums from the files in the backup and compares them with md5 sums stored by storeBackup.pl. It so will recognize, if a file in the backup is missing or currupted. It only checks plain files, not special files or symbolic links.

Options

--print
    print configuration parameters and stop
--checkDir, -c
    backup or top of backups to check
--backupRoot, -b
    root of storeBackup tree, normally not needed
--verbose, -v
    generate statistics
--parJobs, -p
    number of parallel jobs, default = chosen automatically
-i, <--includeRenamedBackups>
    include renamed backups into the check
    renamed backups must follow the convention <backupDir>-<something>

History

  • Debian 13 (Trixie) to Debian 11 (Bullseye): the text shown here
  • Debian 10 (Buster)
  • Debian 9 (Stretch)
  • Debian 8 (Jessie) to Debian 7 (Wheezy)
  • Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)

--backupRoot since Debian 7 (Wheezy); --checkDir since Debian 7 (Wheezy); -c since Debian 7 (Wheezy).

--backupDir until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).

From storebackup 3.2.1-2 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.