NAME

brebis - check your backup for corruption or unexpected content

SYNOPSIS

brebis [-c DIR] [-l FILE] [-g] ARG1 ARG2 ...

DESCRIPTION

Brebis parses backups (archives and file tree) to perform several different checks in order to verify your backup integrity and its associated content.

OPTIONS

-c DIR, --configpath DIR
the path to the configurations
-C DIR, --output-conf-dir DIR
the directory to store the configuration file
-d DELIMITER, --delimiter DELIMITER
delimiter of the fields for the list of files
-E FILE, --exceptions-file FILE
delimiter of the fields for the list of files
-g, --gen-list
generate a list of files inside a backup
-G, --gen-full
generate the configuration file and the list of files for the backup
*-H, --hashes
generate the hash sum of each encountered file in the backup
*--hashtype HASHTYPE
the type of the hash sum to use while generating configurations for the archive
-l FILE, --log FILE
the log file
-L DIR, --output-list-dir DIR
the directory to store the list of files inside an archive or tree
-O DIR, --output-list-and-conf-dir DIR
the directory to store the configuration file and the list of files inside an archive or tree

EXAMPLES

Generate the list of files and their attributes inside a backup
 
$ brebis -G /backups/monthly-backup.tar.gz
 
Launch Brebis indicating your configuration directory and your log file
 
$ brebis -c /etc/brebis/ -l /var/log/brebis.log

AUTHOR

Carl Chenet <[email protected][]>

RESSOURCES

Brebis project homepage : http://www.brebisproject.org

LICENSE

Copyright © 2015 Carl Chenet This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

AUTHOR

Carl Chenet <[email protected]>
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