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6 backup-manager-upload - Multiprotocol uploader for backup-manager.
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9 backup-manager-upload [options] date
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12 backup-manager-upload will upload all the archives generated on the
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14 possible to use this program for uploading data to an Amazon S3
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19 Select the transfer mode to use : ftp, scp, or s3.
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21 --host=hostname1,hostname2,...,hostnameN
22 Select a list of remote hosts to connect to.
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25 Select the user to use for connection.
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29 Select the ftp user's password (only needed for ftp transfers).
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32 Select the ssh private key file to use when opening the ssh session
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38 Select the location on the remote host where files will be
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45 Select the local directory where files are. Default is
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49 Select the gpg public key for encryptiong the archives when
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55 Just list the files to upload.
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58 Purge the remote directory before uploading files in FTP mode.
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61 Purge the remote directory before uploading files in FTP mode.
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64 Purge the remote directory before uploading files in SSH mode.
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70 Date pattern to select some files to upload, can be a valid date
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90 Alexis Sukrieh - main code and design
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92 Brad Dixon - Amazon S3 upload method
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98perl v5.10.0 2009-02-01 BACKUP-MANAGER-UPLOAD(8)