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diff --git a/static/unix-v10/man8/backup.8 b/static/unix-v10/man8/backup.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..793f463e --- /dev/null +++ b/static/unix-v10/man8/backup.8 @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +.TH BACKUP 8 +.CT 1 sa_nonmortals +.SH NAME +backup \- backup client administration +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B /usr/lib/backup/sel +.PP +.B /usr/lib/backup/fcheck +.I maxsize +.I maxdays +.I files ... +.PP +.B /usr/lib/backup/act +[ +.I stat +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +These programs select and back up files +to the incremental file backup system, +.IR backup (1). +.PP +.I Sel +prints on the standard output +a list of filenames that might need to be backed up. +The initial version +picks out files that have been changed in the past few days, +skipping huge files +and eliding boring names like +.BR core . +.I Sel +is a shell script; +the local administrator is expected to customize it. +.PP +.I Fcheck +is a fast, +specialized file scanning program, +used by +.IR sel . +It examines each of the +.IR files , +descending into directories, +and prints the name of each file +that has been changed in the last +.I maxdays +days and is smaller than +.I maxsize +kilobytes. +Symbolic links are followed when presented as arguments, +examined but not followed otherwise. +.PP +.I Act +reads a list of filenames from the standard input. +It searches the backup database +.IR backup (5) +for the current version of each file, +and backs up files that aren't registered. +.PP +By default, +.I act +sends errors by +.IR mail (1) +to user +.BR backup . +If the +.I stat +argument is non-empty, +errors and additional comforting chatter +are printed on the standard output instead. +.PP +One way to request automatic backups is to run +.IP +.L +/usr/lib/backup/sel | /usr/lib/backup/act +.LP +regularly from +.IR cron (8). +Particular files may be backed up by hand at any time +by running +.I act +with a list of filenames. +There are no special permissions involved; +any user may run +.IR act . +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR backup (1), +.IR backup (5) +.br +A. Hume, `The File Motel: An Owner's Manual', +this manual, +Volume 2 |
