1Backup-light(1)                  User Commands                 Backup-light(1)
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NAME

6       Backup-light - backups up the active users $HOME directory
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SYNOPSIS

9       backup-light [option(s)]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Backup-light  backups  up  the  active  users $HOME directory in eather
13       .tar.bz2 or .tar.gz.  It is able to backup to  not  only  the  internal
14       hard drive, but any external hard drives, and removable mediums such as
15       a CD or DVD or USB device.  Backup-light also creates a md5sum  of  the
16       backup  archive  and  will  only  restore  from  a archive with a valid
17       md5sum.
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OPTIONS

20       -o     Saves the backup archive to an alternate directory/device.
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22       -i     Preforms an incremental backup.
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24       -f     Preforms a full backup.
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26       -e     Specifies a directory to be excluded from the backup.
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28       -r     Restores from a backup.
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30       -R     Recovers from a full backup then restores  all  the  incremental
31              backups up to the user specified point.
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33       -d     Creates a backup and burns it to a CD/DVD.
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35       -m     Restores from a multi disk (split) backup.
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37       -n     Prevents  updating  the  timestamp  if  an incremental backup is
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40       -l     Shows the log containing dates and types of backups preformed
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42       -v     Prints the version and exit.
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44       -h     Shows the help message.
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EXAMPLES

47       backup-light
48              Preforms the backup with all default settings.
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50       backup-light -o ~/backup
51              Preform the default backup but saves it to ~/backup  instead  of
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54       backup-light -i
55              Preforms  a incremental backup and saves it to the default loca‐
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58       backup-light -f
59              Preforms a full backup and saves it to the default location.
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61       backup-light -e Music
62              Excludes the directory called "Music" from the backup process.
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64       backup-light -r
65              Restores from a backup.
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67       backup-light -R
68              Prompts the user for an end date for the backup recoveroy.  Then
69              restores from the newest full backup and any incremental backups
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72       backup-light -d
73              Creates a backup and burns it to a CD/DVD.
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75       backup-light -m
76              Restores from a multi disk (split) backup.
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78       backup-light -n
79              Prevents the timestamp from being updated if doing a incremental
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82       backup-light -fd
83              Preforms a full backup and burns it to a CD/DVD.
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85       backup-light -l
86              Shows  the  log  containing  the dates and types of backups pre‐
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89       backup-light -v
90              Prints version info.
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92       backup-light -h
93              Prints the help message
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BUGS

96       Please   report   any   bugs    at    <http://code.google.com/p/backup-
97       light/issues/list>  or  send  an  email  or  our  mailing list <backup-
98       light@googlegroups.com>.
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AUTHORS

101       Adam Jimerson <vendion@gmail.com>
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103       Robert A. Kelly III <bluethegrappler@gmail.com>
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107version 0.4                       Augest 2008                  Backup-light(1)
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