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-.TH "S3QLADM" "1" "May 20, 2011" "1.0.1" "S3QL"
+.TH "S3QLADM" "1" "September 28, 2011" "1.2" "S3QL"
.SH NAME
s3qladm \- Manage S3QL buckets
.
@@ -50,28 +50,8 @@ The \fBs3qladm\fP command performs various operations on S3QL buckets.
The file system contained in the bucket \fImust not be mounted\fP when
using \fBs3qladm\fP or things will go wrong badly.
.sp
-The form of the storage url depends on the backend that is used. The
-following backends are supported:
-.SS Amazon S3
-.sp
-To store your file system in an Amazon S3 bucket, use a storage URL of
-the form \fBs3://<bucketname>\fP. Bucket names must conform to the S3 Bucket
-Name Restrictions.
-.SS Local
-.sp
-The local backend stores file system data in a directory on your
-computer. The storage URL for the local backend has the form
-\fBlocal://<path>\fP. Note that you have to write three consecutive
-slashes to specify an absolute path, e.g. \fBlocal:///var/archive\fP.
-.SS SFTP
-.sp
-The storage URL for SFTP connections has the form
-.sp
-.nf
-.ft C
-sftp://<host>[:port]/<path>
-.ft P
-.fi
+The storage url depends on the backend that is used. The S3QL User\(aqs
+Guide should be consulted for a description of the available backends.
.SH OPTIONS
.sp
The \fBs3qladm\fP command accepts the following options.
@@ -80,31 +60,28 @@ The \fBs3qladm\fP command accepts the following options.
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.BI \-\-debug \ <module>
-.
activate debugging output from <module>. Use \fBall\fP to get
debug messages from all modules. This option can be
specified multiple times.
.TP
.B \-\-quiet
-.
be really quiet
.TP
-.BI \-\-homedir \ <path>
-.
-Directory for log files, cache and authentication info.
-(default: \fB~/.s3ql)\fP
+.BI \-\-log \ <target>
+Write logging info into this file. File will be rotated
+when it reaches 1 MB, and at most 5 old log files will be
+kept. Specify \fBnone\fP to disable logging. Default:
+\fBnone\fP
+.TP
+.BI \-\-authfile \ <path>
+Read authentication credentials from this file (default:
+\fB~/.s3ql/authinfo2)\fP
+.TP
+.BI \-\-cachedir \ <path>
+Store cached data in this directory (default: \fB~/.s3ql)\fP
.TP
.B \-\-version
-.
just print program version and exit
-.TP
-.B \-\-ssl
-.
-Use SSL when connecting to remote servers. This option is
-not enabled by default, because for encrypted file
-systems, all data is already encrypted anyway, and
-authentication data is never transmitted in plaintext
-even for unencrypted file systems.
.UNINDENT
.UNINDENT
.UNINDENT
@@ -117,27 +94,17 @@ The following actions may be specified:
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B passphrase
-.
Changes the encryption passphrase of the bucket.
.TP
.B upgrade
-.
Upgrade the file system contained in the bucket to the newest revision.
.TP
.B delete
-.
Delete the bucket and all its contents.
.TP
.B download\-metadata
-.
Interactively download backups of the file system metadata.
.UNINDENT
-.SH FILES
-.sp
-Authentication data for backends and bucket encryption passphrases are
-read from \fBauthinfo\fP in \fB~/.s3ql\fP or the directory
-specified with \fB\-\-homedir\fP. Log files are placed in the same
-directory.
.SH EXIT STATUS
.sp
\fBs3qladm\fP returns exit code 0 if the operation succeeded and 1 if some