---
name: "zbackup"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "zbackup"
version: "1.5-2+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/zbackup/5"
---

# zbackup(5)

versatile deduplicating backup tool

## NAME

zbackup - versatile deduplicating backup tool

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page describes on how to generate the password file.

## STEPS

First, run **echo mypassword \> ~/.my\_backup\_password** in a terminal. Then run **chmod 600 ~/.my\_backup\_password** to set correct permissions. See [**chmod**(1)](/chmod/1.md) for details.

## ENVIRONMENTS

**mypassword** Your password that you want to use for encrpying the backup repository and encrpyt/decrpyting the backup files.

## AUTHOR

Howard Chan \<smartboyhw AT gmail DOT com\>

## SEE ALSO

**chmod (1)**