NAME

flexbackup - a flexible backup/archiving tool

SYNOPSIS

flexbackup [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION

Flexbackup is a perl script front-end to various low-level archiving utilities such as tar, dump/restore, cpio, and others.

BACKUP OPTIONS

flexbackup -dir <dir>: Backup a directory tree starting from path "path" using level 0 (full).
flexbackup -set all: Backup all sets defined in flexbackup.conf(5) using level 0 (full).
flexbackup -set <tag>: Backup a set named "tag" using level 0 (full). The set name is defined in flexbackup.conf(5).
flexbackup [...] -level <0-9 | full | differential | incremental>: Change backup level to a number "0-9", or one of the symbolic names: "full" (level 0); "differential" (level 1); "incremental" (previous backup level + 1).
flexbackup [...] -pkgdelta <rpm | freebsd>: prune backup to files not part of a package or changed from distributed version.
flexbackup [...] -wday <0-7>: Prune backup to files not part of a package or changed from distributed version. backup only if the week day matches the input number. Sunday is 0 or 7.
flexbackup [...] -pipe: Write backup data to stdout rather than file/device.
flexbackup [...] -ignore-errors: Continue backups even if commands return error status

RESTORE OPTIONS

flexbackup -list: List files in archive.
flexbackup -extract: Extract (restore) all files from archive into your current working directory.
flexbackup -extract -flist <filelist>: Extract (restore) the files listed in text file "filelist" into your current working directory.
flexbackup -extract -onefile <filename>: Extract (restore) the single file named "filename" into your current working directory.
flexbackup -compare: Compare the archive with the files in your current working directory.
flexbackup -restore: Interactive restore (dump type only for now).
flexbackup [...] -num <n>: Read file number "n" from tape. If not given uses current tape position.
flexbackup [...] <archive>: If archiving to files rather than a device, use file named "archive" for the list/extract/compare/restore operations.
flexbackup [...] -pipe: Read backup data from stdin rather than file/device.

INDEXING OPTIONS

flexbackup -toc: List current device's table of contents.
flexbackup -toc all: List all known table of contents.
flexbackup -toc <key>: List table of contents for specific database index key named "key".
flexbackup -rmindex all: Force delete all database index info.
flexbackup -toc <key>: Force delete specified database tape/dir index key named "key".
flexbackup -toc <key:file>: Force delete specified database tape/dir index key named "key", file number "file".

MISCELLENEOUS OPTIONS

flexbackup -newtape: Erase and create new index key (but don't do any backups).
flexbackup -rmfile all: If archiving to files rather than device, remove all files and index information.
flexbackup -rmfile <file>: If archiving to files rather than device, remove the file named "file" and its index information.
flexbackup [...] -c <file.conf>: Use file named "file.conf" for configuration information instead of /etc/flexbackup.conf(5).
flexbackup [...] -type <type>: Override $type setting from config file with "type".
flexbackup [...] -compress <type>: Override $compress setting from config file with "type".
flexbackup [...] -device <device>: Override $device setting from config file with "device".
flexbackup [...] -d <'setting=value'>: Override $setting setting from config file with "value".
flexbackup -dir <dir> -erase: Force a rewind/erase before backup of directory named "dir".
flexbackup -dir <dir> -norewind: Do not rewind tape after a single backup of directory named "dir".
flexbackup -set <tag> -noreten: Do not retension tape for level 0 (full) backups of set named "tag".
flexbackup -set <tag> -noerase: Do not rewind/erase tape for level 0 (full) backups of set named "tag".
flexbackup [...] -reten: Force a retension of tape before reading.
flexbackup [...] -defaults: Do not use any default values for config variables.
flexbackup -version: Display version and exit.

TESTING/DEBUGGING OPTIONS

flexbackup -test-tape-drive: Tries writing/reading files to make sure you have tape driver and parameters set up correctly in flexbackup.conf(5).
flexbackup [...] -n: Don't run actual dump or mt commands, just print the steps that would be taken (dry run).
flexbackup [...] -type filelist: Run a special backup type that just saves a list of files that would have been archived.

FILES

/etc/flexbackup.conf - configuration settings

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to (flexbackup-help@lists.sourceforge.net)

AUTHOR

Written by Edwin Huffstutler (edwinh@computer.org)