FLEXBACKUP(1)

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 -flist <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)

SEE ALSO
flexbackup.conf(5) afio(1) mt(1) tar(1) star(1) cpio(1) dump(1) restore(1) buffer(1) mbuffer(1)