backup-light (1) Linux Manual Page
NAME
Backup-light – backups up the active users $HOME directory
SYNOPSIS
backup-light [option(s)]
DESCRIPTION
Backup-light backups up the active users $HOME directory in eather .tar.bz2 or .tar.gz. It is able to backup to not only the internal hard drive, but any external hard drives, and removable mediums such as a CD or DVD or USB device. Backup-light also creates a md5sum of the backup archive and will only restore from a archive with a valid md5sum.
OPTIONS
-o- Saves the backup archive to an alternate directory/device.
-i- Preforms an incremental backup.
-f- Preforms a full backup.
-e- Specifies a directory to be excluded from the backup.
-r- Restores from a backup.
-R- Recovers from a full backup then restores all the incremental backups up to the user specified point.
-d- Creates a backup and burns it to a CD/DVD.
-m- Restores from a multi disk (split) backup.
-n- Prevents updating the timestamp if an incremental backup is done.
-l- Shows the log containing dates and types of backups preformed
-v- Prints the version and exit.
-h- Shows the help message.
EXAMPLES
backup-light- Preforms the backup with all default settings.
backup-light -o ~/backup- Preform the default backup but saves it to ~/backup instead of the default location.
backup-light -i- Preforms a incremental backup and saves it to the default location.
backup-light -f- Preforms a full backup and saves it to the default location.
backup-light -e Music- Excludes the directory called "Music" from the backup process.
backup-light -r- Restores from a backup.
backup-light -R- Prompts the user for an end date for the backup recoveroy. Then restores from the newest full backup and any incremental backups done afterwards.
backup-light -d- Creates a backup and burns it to a CD/DVD.
backup-light -m- Restores from a multi disk (split) backup.
backup-light -n- Prevents the timestamp from being updated if doing a incremental backup.
backup-light -fd- Preforms a full backup and burns it to a CD/DVD.
backup-light -l- Shows the log containing the dates and types of backups preformed.
backup-light -v- Prints version info.
backup-light -h- Prints the help message
BUGS
- Please report any bugs at <http://code.google.com/p/backup-light/issues/list> or send an email or our mailing list <backup-light [at] googlegroups.com>.
AUTHORS
- Adam Jimerson <vendion [at] gmail.com>
- Robert A. Kelly III <bluethegrappler [at] gmail.com>