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diff --git a/debian/bbackupd-config.8 b/debian/bbackupd-config.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c4e58cf0 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/bbackupd-config.8 @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ +.\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*- +.\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps +.\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection +.\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1) +.TH bbackupd-config 8 "Oct 10, 2005" +.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage. +.\" +.\" Some roff macros, for reference: +.\" .nh disable hyphenation +.\" .hy enable hyphenation +.\" .ad l left justify +.\" .ad b justify to both left and right margins +.\" .nf disable filling +.\" .fi enable filling +.\" .br insert line break +.\" .sp <n> insert n+1 empty lines +.\" for manpage-specific macros, see man(7) +.SH NAME +bbackupd-config \- utility to configure the client daemon of the Box Backup system +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B bbackupd-config +.RI "config_file backup_mode account_number server_hostname working_directory backup_directory [backup_directory...]" +.SH DESCRIPTION +This manual page documents briefly the +.B bbackupd-config +command. +This manual page was written for the Debian distribution +because the original program does not have a manual page. +.PP +.\" TeX users may be more comfortable with the \fB<whatever>\fP and +.\" \fI<whatever>\fP escape sequences to invode bold face and italics, +.\" respectively. +\fbbbackupd-config\fP can be used to generate the configuration for the client daemon +of the Box Backup system, bbackupd. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.B config_file +Location of the generated configuration. Generally /etc/boxbackup. +.TP +.B backup_mode +The general behavior of the backup daemon: +.RS +.TP +.B lazy +In this mode the daemon will scan the backup directories at regular +interval looking for modified files. Only files over a certain age will +be uploaded to the remote store. +.TP +.B snapshot +In this mode the daemon will upload a snapshot of the backup directories +when it is told to do it. Manual or cron invocation via bbackupctl is +necessary for backup to occur. +.RE +.TP +.B account_number +The hexadecimal number of the account you are configuring (provided by the +remote server administrator). +.TP +.B server_hostname +Name of the backup server hosting the remote store. +.TP +.B working_directory +The directory containing management files of the client daemon. Generally /var/lib/bbackupd. +.TP +.B backup_directory +Directory to backup. Multiple directories can be specified separated by white spaces. Be +careful not to specify directories containing other mount points, this could affect +the efficiency of the backup. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR bbackupd (8), +.BR bbackupctl (8), +.BR bbackupquery (8). +.br +.SH AUTHOR +This manual page was written by J\['e]r\[^o]me Schell <jerome@myreseau.org> +(with the help of the online documentation located at +http://www.fluffy.co.uk/boxbackup/) +for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). |