flexbackup(1)
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>
-
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 -rmindex <key>
-
Force delete specified database tape/dir index key named "key".
- flexbackup -rmindex <key:file>
-
Force delete specified database tape/dir index key named "key",
file number "file".
MISCELLANEOUS 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
