NAME¶

storeBackupUpdateBackup.pl - updates / finalizes backups created by storeBackup.pl with option --lateLink, --lateCompress

SYNOPSIS¶

        storeBackupUpdateBackup.pl -b backupDirectory [--autorepair]
              [--print] [--verbose] [--debug] [--lockFile] [--noCompress]
              [--progressReport number] [--checkOnly]
              [--logFile
               [--suppressTime] [-m maxFilelen]
               [[-n noOfOldFiles] | [--saveLogs]]
               [--compressWith compressprog]] 
        storeBackupUpdateBackup.pl --interactive --backupDir topLevlDir
              [--autorepair] [--print]

WARNING¶

  !!! USAGE IN PARALLEL WITH storeBackup.pl CAN DESTROY YOUR BACKUPS !!!

OPTIONS¶

--interactive, -i

    interactive mode for reparing / deleting currupted
    backups created with option '--lateLinks'
    

--backupDir, -b

    top level directory of all backups (must exist)
    

--autorepair, -a

    repair simple inconsistencies automatically without
    requesting the action
    

--print

    print configuration read from configuration file and stop
    

--verbose, -v

    verbose messages
    

--debug, -d

    generate detailed information about the files
    with the linking information in it
    

--lockFile, -L

    lock file, if exist, new instances will finish if
    an old is already running
    If set to the same file as in storeBackup it will
    prevent $prog from running in parallel
    to storeBackup, default is $lockFile
    

--noCompress

    maximal number of parallel compress operations,
    default = chosen automatically
    

--checkOnly -c

    do not perform any action, only check consistency
    

--progressReport

    print progress report:
    

--logFile, -l

    logFile, Default: stdout
    

--suppressTime

    suppress output of time in logfile
    

--maxFilelen, -m

    maximal length of log file, default = 1e6
    

--noOfOldFiles, -n

    number of old log files, default = 5
    

--saveLogs

    save log files with date and time instead of deleting the
    old (with [-noOldFiles])
    

--compressWith

    compress saved log files (e.g. with 'gzip -9').
    default is 'bzip2'
    

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright (c) 2008,2012 by Heinz-Josef Claes. Published under the GNU General Public License v3 or any later version