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NAME
bedup - program for deduplication program with additional knowledge of burp
SYNOPSIS
bedup [options]
A file deduplication program with additional knowledge of burp storage directories. This program comes with the burp backup and restore
package.
OPTIONS
-c path
Path to config file (default: /etc/burp/burp.conf).
-g <list of group names>
Only run on the directories of clients that are in one of the groups specified. The list is comma-separated. To put a client in a
group, use the 'dedup_group' option in the client configuration file on the server.
-h|-? Print help text and exit.
-l Hard link any duplicate files found.
-m <number>
Maximum number of hard links to a single file. (non-burp mode only - in burp mode, use the max_hardlinks option in the configuration
file) The default is 10000. On ext3, the maximum number of links possible is 32000, but space is needed for the normal operation of
burp.
-n <list of directories>
Non-burp mode. Deduplicate any (set of) directories.
-v Print version and exit.
By default, bedup will read /etc/burp/burp.conf and deduplicate client storage directories using special knowledge of the structure.
With '-n', this knowledge is turned off and you have to specify the directories to deduplicate on the command line. Running with '-n' is
therefore dangerous if you are deduplicating burp storage directories.
BUGS
If you find bugs, please report them to the email list. See the website <http://burp.grke.net/> for details.
AUTHOR
The main author of Burp is Graham Keeling.
COPYRIGHT
See the LICENCE file included with the source distribution.
February 10, 2012 bedup(8)