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zbackup

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NAME

zbackup - versatile deduplicating backup tool

SYNOPSIS

zbackup init [--non-encrypted] [--password-file ˜/.my_backup_password ] /my/backup/repo

zbackup [--password-file ˜/.my_backup_password ] [--threads number_of_threads ] backup /my/backup/repo/backups/backup-‘date ’+%Y-%m-%d’‘

zbackup [--password-file ˜/.my_backup_password [--cache-size cache_size_in_mb restore /my/backup/repo/backups/backup-‘date ’+%Y-%m-%d’‘ > /my/precious/backup-restored.tar

DESCRIPTION

zbackup init initializes a backup repository for the backup files to be stored.

zbackup backup backups a tar file generated by tar (1) c to the repository initialized using zbackup init

zbackup restore restores the backup file to a tar file.

OPTIONS

--non-encrypted

Do not encrypt the backup repository.

--password-file ˜/.my_backup_password

Use the password file specified at ˜/.my_backup_password to encrypt the repository and backup file, or to decrypt the backup file.

--threads number_of_threads

Limit the partial LZMA compression to number_of_threads needed. Recommended for 32-bit architectures.

--cache-size cache_size_in_mb

Use the cache size provided by cache_size_in_mb to speed up the restoration process.

FILES

˜/.my_backup_password Used to encrypt the repository and backup file, or to decrypt the backup file. See zbackup (5) for further details.

/my/backup/repo The directory used to hold the backup repository.

/my/precious/restored-tar The tar used for restoring the backup.

/my/backup/repo/backups/backup-‘date ’+%Y-%m-%d’‘ Specifies the backup file.

AUTHOR

Howard Chan <smartboyhw at gmail dot com>