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)