rdup-simple - create a hardlinked backup

       Written by Miek Gieben.

       Copyright  (C)  2005-2011  Miek  Gieben.  This  is  free  software.  There  is  NO warranty; not even for
       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

       Licensed under the GPL version 3. See the file LICENSE in the source distribution of rdup.

       rdup-simple [ +DAYS ] [ OPTIONS ] DIR|FILE [ DIR|FILE ] DESTINATION Description

       Options

       -k keyfile Encrypt the files while backing up with keyfile. This option inserts rdup-crypt keyfile in the
       pipeline.  -a Enable extended attributes. Write the uid/gid to the extended  user  attributes  r_uid  and
       r_gid.  -f Force a full dump.  -x See -x in rdup(8).  -z Compress the files while backing up. This option
       inserts  rdup-gzip in the pipeline.  -v Echo the files processed to standard error.  -h Show a short help
       message.  -V Show the version.  See Also

       rdup(8), rdup-snap-link(8) and rdup-snapshot(8). See rdup-backups(8) for  examples  and  an  introduction
       into making backups with rdup.

1.1.14                                             24 Dec 2005                                           RDUP(1)

       rdup-simple  is  a frontend for 'rdup-snap' and 'rdup'. It will backup all directories and files given on
       the command line. It will create a hard linked backup directory, where the backup is created.   With  the
       optional  +DAYS argument you can specify how far backup rdup-simple looks back for previous backups. This
       should be a number in the range 1..99. It defaults to 8 days.

       rdup-simple will create the directory '~/.rdup' and will  store  its  administrative  files  there.  This
       program does not need to be run with root permissions.

       The last argument of rdup-simple is used as the destination; the following destinations are supported:

       ssh:///user@host/directory  Use  'ssh' as a protocol and 'user' as the remote user name. Store the backup
       in 'directory' on the remote server 'host'.  ssh://host/directory Use 'ssh' as a protocol and the current
       username as the remote user  name.  Store  the  backup  in  'directory'  on  the  remote  server  'host'.
       file:///directory  Use '/directory' to store the backup, 'file://' is optional. Note: there are 3 slashes
       here.  /directory Use '/directory' to store  the  backup.   directory  Use  'directory'  in  the  current
       directory for the backup.  Making a backup

       Making a backup is as simple as: rdup-simple ~ /adm /vol/backup/$HOSTNAME

       ~  and /adm are the directories to be backed up. Multiple directories or files are allowed on the command
       line.

       The backup will be stored in '/vol/backup/$HOSTNAME'.

       For the backup a YYYYMM directory is created. In this directory specific day-dumps  are  placed.  So  the
       first dump in October 2006, will created in 200610/01 and the second in 200610/02, etc.

       You can use incremental dumps for ever, there is no need to do a full dump every once in a while.

       Note  that  rdup-simple calls rdup-snap-link. This small utility will actually hardlink copy the previous
       backup. The return value of rdup-snap-link  will  determine  if  a  full  or  incremental  dump  will  be
       performed.

       Remote backups

       Note:  for remote backups to work, the receiving machine must have rdup installed. Also note: there is no
       colon between the hostname and the directory. Remote backup will create a pipeline of the form:  rdup  -c
       DIR|FILE | ssh user@remotehost

       rdup-shapshot -c -b backupdir

       There  is no provisioning for ssh so unless you have configured ssh to work without a passphrase you will
       be asked to supply one.  Also note that the PATH on the remote host should be set in such a way that  all
       the rdup-util scripts can be found.

       rdup-simple - create a hardlinked backup

-Pcommand
              Filter  all  output  through  command,  which is called via `sh -c command'.  Multiple -P's can be
              used.

       Report bugs to <miek@miek.nl>.

       http:/www.miek.nl/projects/rdup is the main site of rdup.  Also  see  rdup-tr(1),  rdup-up(1)  and  rdup-backups(7).

rdup-simple [+DAYS] -[-PCMD]...  [OPTION]...  FILELIST [DIR/FILE]...  DESTINATION