zbackup1
Versatile deduplicating backup tool
Usage
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'`
Overview
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.
Releases
Unchanged in 6 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie).