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STOREBACKUPUPDATEBACKUP(1)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				STOREBACKUPUPDATEBACKUP(1)

NAME

       storeBackupUpdateBackup.pl - updates / finalizes backups created by storeBackup.pl with option --lateLink, --lateCompress

SYNOPSIS

	       storeBackupUpdateBackup.pl -b backupDirectory [--autorepair]
		     [--print] [--verbose] [--debug] [--lockFile] [--noCompress]
		     [--progressReport number] [--checkOnly]
		     [--logFile
		      [--suppressTime] [-m maxFilelen]
		      [[-n noOfOldFiles] | [--saveLogs]]
		      [--compressWith compressprog]]

	       storeBackupUpdateBackup.pl --interactive --backupDir topLevlDir
		     [--autorepair] [--print]

WARNING

	 !!! USAGE IN PARALLEL WITH storeBackup.pl CAN DESTROY YOUR BACKUPS !!!

OPTIONS

       --interactive, -i
		   interactive mode for reparing / deleting currupted
		   backups created with option '--lateLinks'

       --backupDir, -b
		   top level directory of all backups (must exist)

       --autorepair, -a
		   repair simple inconsistencies automatically without
		   requesting the action

       --print
		   print configuration read from configuration file and stop

       --verbose, -v
		   verbose messages

       --debug, -d
		   generate detailed information about the files
		   with the linking information in it

       --lockFile, -L
		   lock file, if exist, new instances will finish if
		   an old is already running
		   If set to the same file as in storeBackup it will
		   prevent $prog from running in parallel
		   to storeBackup, default is $lockFile

       --noCompress
		   maximal number of parallel compress operations,
		   default = chosen automatically

       --checkOnly -c
		   do not perform any action, only check consistency

       --progressReport
		   print progress report:

	       after each 'number' files when compressing
	       after each 'number * 1000' files when linking
	       after each 'number * 10000' files when performing chmod
       --logFile, -l
		   logFile, Default: stdout

       --suppressTime
		   suppress output of time in logfile

       --maxFilelen, -m
		   maximal length of log file, default = 1e6

       --noOfOldFiles, -n
		   number of old log files, default = 5

       --saveLogs
		   save log files with date and time instead of deleting the
		   old (with [-noOldFiles])

       --compressWith
		   compress saved log files (e.g. with 'gzip -9').
		   default is 'bzip2'

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2008,2012 by Heinz-Josef Claes.  Published under the GNU General Public License v3 or any later version

perl v5.14.2							    2012-06-16						STOREBACKUPUPDATEBACKUP(1)