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storebackupcheckbackup

STOREBACKUPCHECKBACKUP(1)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				 STOREBACKUPCHECKBACKUP(1)

NAME

       storeBackupCheckBackup.pl - checks if a file in the backup is missing or corrupted

SYNOPSIS

	       storeBackupCheckBackup.pl -c backupDir [-v level] [-p number] [-i]

DESCRIPTION

       This program calculates md5 sums from the files in the backup and compares them with md5 sums stored by storeBackup.pl.	It so will
       recognize, if a file in the backup is missing or currupted.  It only checks plain files, not special files or symbolic links.

OPTIONS

       --print
		   print configuration parameters and stop

       --checkDir, -c
		   backup or top of backups to check

       --backupRoot, -b
		   root of storeBackup tree, normally not needed

       --verbose, -v
		   generate statistics

       --parJobs, -p
		   number of parallel jobs, default = chosen automatically

       -i, <--includeRenamedBackups>
		   include renamed backups into the check
		   renamed backups must follow the convention <backupDir>-<something>

COPYRIGHT

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

perl v5.14.2							    2012-03-03						 STOREBACKUPCHECKBACKUP(1)

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