zbackup

zbackup(1) General Commands Manual zbackup(1)

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/pre‐
   cious/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>