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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>