zbackup - versatile deduplicating backup tool
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Description
zbackupinit initializes a backup repository for the backup files to be stored.
zbackupbackup backups a tar file generated by tar(1) c to the repository initialized using zbackupinitzbackuprestore restores the backup file to a tar file.
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.
Name
zbackup - versatile deduplicating backup tool
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.
See Also
tar(1) zbackup(5) zbackup(1)
Synopsis
zbackupinit[--non-encrypted][--password-file~/.my_backup_password]/my/backup/repozbackup[--password-file~/.my_backup_password][--threadsnumber_of_threads]backup/my/backup/repo/backups/backup-`date'+%Y-%m-%d'`zbackup[--password-file~/.my_backup_password[--cache-sizecache_size_in_mbrestore/my/backup/repo/backups/backup-`date'+%Y-%m-%d'`>/my/precious/backup-restored.tar
