flexbackup -help : this message BACKUP: flexbackup -dir : backup directory tree, level 0 flexbackup -set : backup set "tag" (def. in config file), level 0 flexbackup -set all : backup all sets, level 0 flexbackup [...] -level : backup level, can be integer or full/differential/incremental flexbackup [...] -pkgdelta : prune backup to files not part of a package or changed from distributed version can be "rpm" or "freebsd" package systems flexbackup [...] -wday : backup only if the week day matches the input number. Sunday is 0 or 7. flexbackup [...] -pipe : write to stdout rather than file/device flexbackup [...] -ignore-errors : continue backups even if commands return error status READING ARCHIVES: flexbackup -list : list files in archive flexbackup -extract : extract all files from archive into your current working directory flexbackup -extract -flist : restore the files listed in text file into your current working directory flexbackup -extract -onefile : restore the single file specified by into your current working directory flexbackup -compare : compare archive with the files in your current directory flexbackup -restore : interactive restore (dump type only for now) flexbackup [...] -num : read file number n from tape; if not given uses current tape position flexbackup [...] : if archiving to files rather than a device, list/extract/compare/restore options take flexbackup [...] -pipe : read archive from stdin flexbackup [...] -volumes : # of volumes in input (EXPERIMENTAL mbuffer multivolume support) INDEX RELATED: flexbackup -toc : list current device's table of contents flexbackup -toc all : list all known table of contents flexbackup -toc : list table of contents for specific key flexbackup -rmindex all : force db delete of all index info flexbackup -rmindex : force db delete of specified tape/dir index flexbackup -rmindex : : force db delete of specified tape:file TESTING/DEBUG: flexbackup -test-tape-drive : tries writing/reading files to make sure you have tape driver & parameters set up right flexbackup [...] -n : don't run actual dump or mt commands, just echo flexbackup [...] -type filelist : special backup type that just saves list of files that would have been archived MISC: flexbackup -newtape : erase & create new index key (but no backup) flexbackup -rmfile : if backups to disk, rm file & index info flexbackup -rmfile all : if backups to disk, rm all files/index for dir flexbackup [...] -c : use instead of /etc/flexbackup.conf for configuration flexbackup [...] -type : override $type from config file flexbackup [...] -compress : override $compress from config file flexbackup [...] -device : override $device from config file flexbackup [...] -d 'var=val' : override config file setting of $var flexbackup -dir -erase : force a rewind/erase before backup flexbackup -dir -norewind : don't rewind tape after a single backup flexbackup -set -noreten : don't retension for level 0 set backups flexbackup -set -noerase : don't rewind/erase for level 0 set backups flexbackup [...] -reten : force a retension before read flexbackup [...] -nodefaults : don't use any default values for config variables flexbackup -version : show version