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Working With ZFS Snapshots (pdf)

This guide is intended to show a new user the capabilities of the ZFS snapshots feature. It describes the steps necessary to set up a ZFS filesystem and the use of snapshots including how to create them, use them for backup and restore purposes, and how to migrate them between systems. After reading this guide, the user will have a basic understanding of how snapshots can be integrated into system administration procedures.

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backintime-gnome(1)						   USER COMMANDS					       backintime-gnome(1)

NAME

       backintime-gnome - a simple backup tool for Gnome.

SYNOPSIS

       backintime-gnome  [  [--snapshots]  path  |  --backup  |  --backup-job  |  --snapshots-path  |  --snapshots-list  | --snapshots-list-path |
       --last-snapshot | --last-snapshot-path | --help | --version | --license ]

DESCRIPTION

       Back In Time is a simple backup tool for Linux. This is the Gnome version.  For more information about Back  In	Time  see  backintime  man
       page.

       If you want to run it as root you need to use 'gksu'.

OPTIONS

       path   go directly to the specified file/folder

       -s, --snapshots
	      show snapshots dialog for the specified path (only if there is no other dialog displayed)

       -b, --backup
	      take a snapshot now (if needed)

       --backup-job
	      take a snapshot (if needed) depending on schedule rules (used for cron jobs)

       --snapshots-path
	      display path where is saves the snapshots (if configured)

       --snapshots-list
	      display the list of snapshot IDs (if any)

       --snapshots-list-path
	      display the paths to snapshots (if any)

       --last-snapshot
	      display last snapshot ID (if any)

       --last-snapshot-path
	      display the path to the last snapshot (if any)

       -h, --help
	      display a short help

       -v, --version
	      show version

       --license
	      show license

SEE ALSO

       backintime, backintime-kde4.

       Back In Time also has a website: http://backintime.le-web.org

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by BIT Team(<bit-team@lists.launchpad.net>).

version 1.0.10							     Mars 2009						       backintime-gnome(1)

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