Provided by: flexbackup_1.2.1-6.2_all 
NAME
/etc/flexbackup.conf - a flexible backup/archiving tool configuration file
DESCRIPTION
Flexbackup configuration file. Check flexbackup(1) or "flexbackup -help" for usage
information.
SETTINGS
General Configuration Settings
$type = 'afio';
Which archive type to use. Supported types are: afio(1), dump(1), tar(1),
cpio(1), star(1), pax(1), zip(1), lha(1), ar(1), shar(1). 'copy' is another
option if running in archive-to-disk mode. Use 'filelist' to dump a list of
files in your cwd - for debugging setup/exclusion.
$set{'tag'} = '/dir';
Configure backup "sets". Not needed if "-dir <dir>" is used to backup one
tree at a time. Each set is a simple space-separated list of
filesystems/directories. Remote filesystems should be denoted as
"host:directory". You can use anything (other than 'all') as set names.
Using "-set all" will back up all defined sets. If you are doing a full
backup using tapes, each "set" will go onto a different tape and you will be
prompted for tape change in between. Examples:
$set{'set1'} = '/home /usr';
$set{'set2'} = '/dir3 machine2:/dir4 machine3:/dir5';
$prune{'/'} = 'tmp proc';
Configure subtree pruning. A space-separated list of directories to prune
from each backup. Key is a filesystem/directory or "host:directory" spec as
outlined above regular expressions allowed (not shell-type wildcards!).
$compress = 'false|gzip|bzip2|lzop|zip|compress|hardware|lzma';
$compr_level = '4';
Configure compression. Choose a type of compression to use and configure the
level. The compression level only applies to gzip/bzip2/lzop/zip
compression types.
$buffer = 'false|buffer|mbuffer';
$buffer_megs = '10';
$buffer_fill_pct = '75';
$buffer_pause_usec = '100';
Configure buffering program to help streaming to tapes. Specify the buffer
memory size in $buffer_megs, how full buffer needs to be to start writing in
$buffer_fill_pct, and how long to sleep after every write (which helps
sustain stream bursts) in $buffer_pause_usec.
$device = '/dev/tape';
Configure device to backup to. Non-rewinding version, please!. If the target
is a directory, flexbackup will archive to files in that directory rather
than to a device. If configured as "host:/dev/tapedevice", will use remote
tape drive via rsh/ssha. Examples:
─────────────────────────────────────────────
Linux SCSI w/devfs: /dev/tapes/tape0/mtn
Linux SCSI: /dev/nst0
Linux IDE: /dev/nht0
Linux ftape: /dev/nqft0
FreeBSD SCSI: /dev/nrsa0
─────────────────────────────────────────────
$blksize = '10';
Configure the block size (in kilobytes!) to use for archive programs and dd.
Default is IfB10 for most things. Some tape drives need 32 or 64. Set to
'0' to disable all blocking.
$mt_blksize = '0';
Configure the block size (in bytes!) to use for the tape device, with "mt
setblk" or equivalent. If set to '0', will use "variable" block size for the
tape device (which is recommended). Comment out or set to "$blksize * 1024"
to have it be the same as the archiver block size above.
$pad_blocks = 'true|false';
Configure block padding. True to pad blocks to blocksize (devices only, not
used when archiving to files).
$mt{'command'} = 'other';
Configure mt operation overrides. Set these if flexbackup doesn't know the
right mt command(s) for your OS/tape device, or you want to override things.
Example:
Use "mt status" instead of "mt tell"
$mt{'tell'} = 'status';
Other Global Settings
$remoteshell = 'rsh|ssh|ssh2';
Configure the command to use for remote shell.
$remoteuser = '';
If not empty (or not set), the secondary username for remote shells.
$label = 'true|false';
Somehow store identifying label in archive?
$verbose = 'true|false';
Print each file?
$sparse = 'true|false';
Handle sparse files?
$indexes = 'true|false';
Set to 'false' to turn off all table-of-contents support.
$staticfiles = 'true|false';
If backing up to files, use static filenames - no date stamp (same level
backup of same directory will overwrite old backups).
$atime_preserve = 'true|false';
Set to true to try and preserve file access times during backup, if the
selected archive program can do so. Note that if this is true, -cnewer
checks (file permission/status changes only, not content) are turned off
when deciding which files to archive on the local system.
$traverse_fs = 'false|local|all';
Span across filesytems? (backups of type 'dump' will ignore this option).
Set to 'false' (don't), 'local' (all but nfs/smbfs), or 'all' (everything)
$exclude_expr[0] = '.*';
Exclude files that match these regular expressions (not shell wildcards)
from the backups (backups of type 'dump' will ignore this option). You can
list more than one, just keep incrementing the index in the brackets for
each. Also, strip off leading directories (the filesystem specs above or the
"-dir" flag). Matches paths, not filenames, so put .* on the front/back as
needed. Examples:
$exclude_expr[0] = '.*/[Cc]ache/.*';
$exclude_expr[1] = '.*~$';
$erase_tape_set_level_zero = 'true|false';
If set to true (default), and using a tape device, level 0 (full) "set"
backup types assume you want to erase and use a new tape for each set. If
set to false, level 0 (full) "set" backup types append to tapes. To force an
erase for any backup, use "-erase" on the command-line.
$erase_rewind_only = 'true|false';
Set this to 'true' to make erase operations just call "mt rewind" - not "mt
rewind" followed by "mt erase". (For some tape drives, erase takes hours
rather than seconds or is otherwise undesirable).
Log, Stamps, and Binary Location Settings
$logdir = '/var/log/flexbackup';
Directory for log files.
$comp_log = 'false|gzip|bzip2|lzop|compress|zip';
Compress log?
$staticlogs = 'true|false';
Use static log filenames with no date stamp?
$prefix = '';
Log filenames will start with this prefix.
$tmpdir = '/tmp';
Used for temporary refdate files, etc.
$stampdir = '/var/lib/flexbackup';
Directory for backup timestamp files.
$index = '/var/lib/flexbackup/index';
Full path (without the .db extension) to the database filename for tape
indexes.
$keyfile = '00-index-key';
Filename for keyfile if archiving to dir.
$sprefix = '';
Stamp filenames will start with this prefix.
$path{'program'} = '/path/to/program';
Override paths to commands. By default flexbackup will look for them in
$PATH. Use this if you want to set commands explicitly. You can use full
paths or just change command names. Examples:
If GNU tar is called "gtar" on your system:
$path{'tar'} = 'gtar';
Or it can be used to "sudo" certain commands:
$path{'find'} = 'sudo find';
$path{'dump'} = 'sudo dump';
$path{'afio'} = 'sudo -u nonrootuser afio';
Specific Command Settings
$afio_nocompress_types = 'ext1 ext2 ...';
$afio_echo_block = 'true|false';
$afio_compress_threshold = '3';
$afio_compress_cache_size = '2';
These settings apply to the 'afio' backup types only. In addition to the
afio defaults, files with extensions specified in $afio_nocompress_types
will not be compressed. Define whether or not echo block numbers in
$afio_echo_block. Configure the minimum file size (in kilobytes) required
for compression in $afio_compress_threshold. $afio_compress_cache_size
setting is used to specify the maximum amount of memory (megabytes) to use
for temporary storage of compression results. If a compressed file is bigger
than this, compression will have to run twice on the file. See the afio(1)
manpage for more information.
$tar_echo_record_num = 'true|false';
These settings apply to the 'tar' backup types only. Define whether or not
echo record numbers in $tar_echo_record_num.
$cpio_format = 'newc';
These settings apply to the 'cpio' backup types only. Configure the format
of the archive in $cpio_format. See the cpio(1) manpage for allowed formats.
$dump_length = '0';
$dump_use_dumpdates = 'true|false';
These settings apply to the 'dump' backup types only. Configure the
estimated tape size (in kilobytes) using the $dump_length setting. This
number doesn't really do much but help dump get size estimates if set to 0,
flexbackup uses 'dump -a' to determine this. Set $dump_use_dumpdates setting
to 'true to use /etc/dumpdates (could mess things up if you dump
subdirectories of mount points). Set it to 'false' to use flexbackup's
internal timestamps.
$star_fifo = 'true|false';
$star_acl = 'true|false';
$star_echo_block_num = 'true|false';
$star_format = 'exustar';
These settings apply to the 'star' backup types only. Define whether or not
use fifo (buffering) in $star_fifo. If you set this to 'true' you probably
want to set $buffer = 'false' (see above). Configure whether or not to
handle ACLs in $star_acl. Define whether or not echo record numbers in
$star_echo_block_num. Configure the format of the archive in $star_format.
See the star(1) manpage for allowed formats.
$pax_format = 'ustar';
These settings apply to the 'pax' backup types only. Configure the format of
the archive in $pax_format. See the pax(1) manpage for allowed formats.
$zip_nocompress_types = 'ext1 ext2 ...';
These settings apply to the 'zip' backup types only. Files with extensions
specified in $zip_nocompress_types will not be compressed.
$pkgdelta_archive_list = 'true|false|rootonly';
$pkgdelta_archive_unowned = 'true|false';
$pkgdelta_archive_changed = 'true|false';
These settings apply to the 'pkgdelta' backup types only. Configure whether
to archive a list of all installed packages in the top level of each backup
in $pkgdelta_archive_list. Can be 'false' (don't), 'true' (save it for any
backup), or 'rootonly' (saves list only if the filesystem is '/'). Define
whether or not to archive files not "owned" by any package in
$pkgdelta_archive_unowned. Specify whether or not to archive any package-
owned files which have been modified in $pkgdelta_archive_changed.
FILES
/etc/flexbackup.conf - configuration settings
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to (flexbackup-help@lists.sourceforge.net)
AUTHOR
Written by Edwin Huffstutler (edwinh@computer.org)
SEE ALSO
flexbackup(1)