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storeBackupUpdateBackup(1)

storeBackupUpdateBackup1

Updates / finalizes backups created by storebackup.pl with option --latelink, --latecompress

Usage

storeBackupUpdateBackup.pl -b backupDirectory [--autorepair] [--print] [--verbose] [--debug] [--lockFile] [--noCompress] [--progressReport number] [--checkOnly] [--logFile [--suppressTime] [-m maxFilelen] [{[-n noOfOldFiles] | [--saveLogs]}] [--compressWith compressprog]]

storeBackupUpdateBackup.pl --interactive --backupDir topLevlDir [--autorepair] [--print]

Warning

  !!! USAGE IN PARALLEL WITH storeBackup.pl CAN DESTROY YOUR BACKUPS !!!

Options

--interactive, -i
    interactive mode for reparing / deleting currupted
    backups created with option '--lateLinks'
--backupDir, -b
    top level directory of all backups (must exist)
--autorepair, -a
    repair simple inconsistencies automatically without
    requesting the action
--print
    print configuration read from configuration file and stop
--verbose, -v
    verbose messages
--debug, -d
    generate detailed information about the files
    with the linking information in it
--lockFile, -L
    lock file, if exist, new instances will finish if
    an old is already running
    If set to the same file as in storeBackup it will
    prevent $prog from running in parallel
    to storeBackup, default is $lockFile
--noCompress
    maximal number of parallel compress operations,
    default = chosen automatically
--checkOnly -c
    do not perform any action, only check consistency
--progressReport
    print progress report:
after each 'number' files when compressing
after each 'number * 1000' files when linking
after each 'number * 10000' files when performing chmod
--logFile, -l
    logFile, Default: stdout
--suppressTime
    suppress output of time in logfile
--maxFilelen, -m
    maximal length of log file, default = 1e6
--noOfOldFiles, -n
    number of old log files, default = 5
--saveLogs
    save log files with date and time instead of deleting the
    old (with [-noOldFiles])
--compressWith
    compress saved log files (e.g. with 'gzip -9').
    default is 'bzip2'

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)

-c since Debian 7 (Wheezy).

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