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NAME

       dar_xform - disk archive "re-slicer"

SYNOPSIS

       dar_xform [options] [<path>/]source [<path>/]destination

       dar_xform -h

       dar_xform -V

DESCRIPTION

       dar_xform changes the size of slices of an existing archive.

       Source is the basename of the existing archive, destination is the basename of the archive
       to be created. If source basename is "-", the archive is read from standard input. If  the
       destination  basename  is  "-", the archive is written to standard output and -s option is
       not available.

OPTIONS

       -h                  displays help usage.

       -V                  displays version information.

       -b                  make the terminal ring when user interaction  is  required  (like  for
                           example the creation of a new slice when using the -p option)

       -s <number>         Size of the slices in bytes. If the number is followed by k (or K), M,
                           G, T or P the size is in kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, terabytes or
                           petabytes  respectively.  Example: by default "20M" means 20 megabytes
                           it is the same as giving 20971520  as  argument  (see  also  -aSI  and
                           -abinary  options). If -s is not present the backup will be written to
                           a single slice whatever the size  of  the  backup  may  be  (there  is
                           probably  some  filesystem  limitation, thus you might expect problems
                           with file size over 2 gigabytes, depending on your filesystem).

       -S <number>         -S gives the size of the first slice which may be chosen independently
                           of  the size of following slices. This option needs -s and by default,
                           the size of the first slice is the same as the one  of  the  following
                           slices.

       -p [<integer>]      pauses  before  writing  to a new slice (this requires -s). By default
                           there is no pause, all slices are output in the same directory, up  to
                           the  end  of the backup or until the filesystem is full. In this later
                           case, the user is informed of the lack of disk space and dar stops for
                           user  interaction.  As  soon as some disk space is available, the user
                           can continue the backup. The optional integer  that  this  option  can
                           receive  tells dar to only pause very 'n' slice. Giving 3 for 'n' will
                           make dar pause only after slices 3, 6, 9 and so on. If this integer is
                           not  specified,  the behavior is as if '1' was given as argument which
                           makes dar pause after each slice.

       -n                  Do not allow overwriting of any slice.

       -w                  Do not warn before overwriting slice. By default (no  -n  and  no  -w)
                           overwriting is allowed but a warning is issued before proceeding.

       -E <string>         the  string is a command-line to be launched between the slices of the
                           destination archive. See  dar(1)  man  page  (same  option)  for  more
                           information.

       -F <string>         the  string is a command-line to be launched between the slices of the
                           source  archive.  See  dar(1)  man  page  (same   option)   for   more
                           information.

       -aSI[-unit[s]]      when  using  k  M  G  T  E  Z  Y prefixes to define a size, use the SI
                           meaning: multiple of 10^3 (a Mega is 1,000,000).

       -abinary[-unit[s]]  when using k M G T E Z Y prefixes to define a size, use the historical
                           computer science meaning: multiple of 2^10  (a Mega is 1,048,576).

       -aSI  and  -abinary  can  be  used several times, they affect all prefix which follow even
       those found in file included by -B option up to the next -a... occurrence. Note that if in
       a  file  included  by  -B  option an -abinary or -aSI is met, it affects all the following
       prefix even those outside the included files (for example in the following "-B some.dcf -s
       1K"  1K  may  be equal to 1000 or 1024 depending on the presence of an -aSI or -abinary in
       the file some.dcf. By default (before any -aSI/binary argument has been  reached),  binary
       interpretation of suffix is done (for compatibility with older versions).

       -Q                  Do not display any message on stderr when not launched from a terminal
                           (for example when launched from an at job or  crontab).  Remains  that
                           any  question to the user will be assumed a 'no' answer, which most of
                           the time will abort the program.

       -j                  when virtual memory is exhausted, as user to make room  before  trying
                           to continue. By default, when memory is exhausted dar aborts.

       -^ perm[:user[:group]]
                           defines the permission and ownership to use for created slices.

       -3, --hash <algo>   Beside  each  created slice is generated an on-fly hash file using the
                           specified algorithm. Available algorithm  are  "md5"  and  "sha1",  by
                           default  no  hash  file  is generated. This option description is more
                           detailed in dar man page (where it has the same designation as here).

       -; <src_num>[,<dst_num>]
                           Defines the minimum number of digit to use for the source archive  and
                           for  the  destination  archive. If you the source has not been defined
                           with a minimum number of digit and you want to define a value for  the
                           destination  archive, use zero (or one) as value for src. See the same
                           option in dar man page for more details.

NOTES

       Dar_xform is not concerned by encryption or compression. It does not need to be  aware  of
       it  to  be able to change the slice scheme. Thus, it is not able to uncompress or uncipher
       an archive.

EXIT CODES

       dar_xform uses the same exit status as dar does, see dar(1) man page.

SIGNALS

       Any signal sent to dar_xform will abort the program immediately, there is no way to have a
       proper termination before the end of the process

SEE ALSO

       dar(1), dar_slave(1), dar_manager(1), dar_cp(1)

KNOWN BUGS

       None actually.

AUTHOR

       http://dar.linux.free.fr/
       Denis Corbin
       France
       Europe