NAME

       zbackup - versatile deduplicating backup tool

SYNOPSIS

       zbackup init [--non-encrypted] [--password-file ~/.my_backup_password ] /my/backup/repo

       zbackup    [--password-file    ~/.my_backup_password    ]    [--threads    number_of_threads   ]   backup
       /my/backup/repo/backups/backup-`date '+%Y-%m-%d'`

       zbackup     [--password-file     ~/.my_backup_password     [--cache-size     cache_size_in_mb     restore
       /my/backup/repo/backups/backup-`date '+%Y-%m-%d'` > /my/precious/backup-restored.tar

DESCRIPTION

       zbackup init initializes a backup repository for the backup files to be stored.

       zbackup backup backups a tar file generated by tar(1) c to the repository initialized using zbackup init

       zbackup restore restores the backup file to a tar file.

OPTIONS

       --non-encrypted
              Do not encrypt the backup repository.

       --password-file ~/.my_backup_password
              Use  the  password  file  specified  at ~/.my_backup_password to encrypt the repository and backup
              file, or to decrypt the backup file.

       --threads number_of_threads
              Limit  the  partial  LZMA  compression  to  number_of_threads  needed.  Recommended   for   32-bit
              architectures.

       --cache-size cache_size_in_mb
              Use the cache size provided by cache_size_in_mb to speed up the restoration process.

FILES

       ~/.my_backup_password  Used to encrypt the repository and backup file, or to decrypt the backup file. See
       zbackup(5) for further details.

       /my/backup/repo The directory used to hold the backup repository.

       /my/precious/restored-tar The tar used for restoring the backup.

       /my/backup/repo/backups/backup-`date '+%Y-%m-%d'` Specifies the backup file.

AUTHOR

       Howard Chan <smartboyhw at gmail dot com>

SEE ALSO

       tar(1) zbackup(5)

                                                                                                      zbackup(1)