NAME

eterpack - packing directory tree to one archive file with journaling archiver zpaq.

SYNOPSIS

eterpack [command] [options] [path,] [path...]

DESCRIPTION

eterpack update scan every directory in the directory and create a archive file in target directory. The goal is reduce the number of files from many thousands to a few. Using journaling archiver zpaq we generate multi file archive (a file per every backup session).

COMMANDS

update FROM TO

Makes backup all files in FROM to TO dir

restore BACKUP TO

Restore all backup files from BACKUP to TO dir

test BACKUP

Check backup integrity

compare BACKUP TO

Compare backup BACKUP with local files in TO dir

OPTIONS

-h

Display help

-V

Show version and exit

--depth N

set depth for subdirs (update only)

--exclude name

exclude dir 'name' from packing

--execute command

execute 'command' after every archive

--checksum

force checking file contains, not date only

EXAMPLES

# eterpack update /var/log/ /tmp/backup

# eterpack extract /tmp/backup /tmp/someplace

# eterpack compare /tmp/backup /tmp/someplace

# eterpack test /tmp/backup

# eterpack update --execute "echo" /var/log/ /tmp/backup

execute command echo tarball_name after every zpaq archive complete

# eterpack update --depth 2 --exclude subdir /var/log/ /tmp/backup

pack dir1/subdir1, dir2/subdir2, exclude */subdir

# eterpack update --depth 2 --exclude /dir/subdir /var/log/ /tmp/backup

pack dir1/subdir1, dir2/subdir2, exclude /dir/subdir

BUGS

Please report any bugs to lav@etersoft.ru

EXIT STATUS

eterpack will return zero on success and non zero on operation failure.

SEE ALSO

erc(1),etertimemachine(1),zpaq(1),eterremove(1)

http://wiki.etersoft.ru/Eterbackup

ETERBACKUP wiki page