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BACKUPCHECKER(1)                                              BACKUPCHECKER(1)


NAME

       backupchecker - fully automated backup checker


SYNOPSIS

       backupchecker [-c DIR] [-l FILE] [-G] ARG1 ARG2


DESCRIPTION

       Backup Checker 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

       -n NAME, --configuration-name NAME
           the name to use to name the .conf and .list generated by -g or -G
           options (default is the name of the archive)

       -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

       -v, --version
           the version of Backup Checker


EXAMPLES

       Generate the list of files (.conf and .list files) and their attributes
       inside a backup

       $ backupchecker -G /backups/monthly-backup.tar.gz

       Launch Backup Checker indicating your configuration directory and your
       log file

       $ backupchecker -c /etc/brebis/ -l /var/log/brebis.log

       Verify a remote backup by FTP

       $ wget --quiet -O - ftp://user:pass@server/backup.tar.gz |
       backupchecker -c /etc/brebis/ -l /var/log/brebis.log


AUTHOR

       Carl Chenet <chaica@backupchecker.com[]>


RESSOURCES

       Backup Checkup project homepage :
       https://github.com/backupchecker/backupchecker


LICENSE

       Copyright (C) 2015 Carl Chenet <chaica@backupchecker.com> 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/.

                                  02/27/2015                  BACKUPCHECKER(1)

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