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files that would have been archived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