NAME

       btarcmp - a diff for Barry tar backup files

SYNOPSIS

       btarcmp [-b][-d db][-D db][-h][-I charset][-P][-S][-v] tar0 tar1

DESCRIPTION

       btarcmp  takes  two  Barry  backup  tar  files on the command line, and displays the differences it finds
       between them.  If records can be parsed, individual field differences  are  also  displayed.   Added  and
       removed  records  are noted.  Differences in database availability are noted as well.  If unable to parse
       the records, hex dumps are used.

OPTIONS

       -b     Use brief filename markers.  Useful when tar filenames are extremely long.

       -d db  Name of database to compare.  Can be used multiple times to compare multiple  databases.   If  not
              specified, all databases are compared.

       -D db  Name  of  database  to  skip.  Can be used multiple times.  Overrides all other database selection
              options.

       -h     Show summary of options.

       -I charset
              Specifies the iconv charset to use for converting international strings.  The Blackberry uses  the
              WINDOWS-1252  charset,  which  is incompatible with the more common code pages used in Linux.  The
              most useful charset to use with this option is  UTF-8,  and  is  highly  recommended.   Any  other
              charset  available  via  'iconv  --list'  can be used here too, but may not be successful for some
              character conversions.

       -S     Displays list of known database records, which can be parsed.

       -v     Verbose output, which includes record data of added and deleted records in the  output.   If  used
              twice, hex data is printed as well.

AUTHOR

       btarcmp is part of the Barry project.

SEE ALSO

       http://www.netdirect.ca/barry

                                                January 20, 2010                                      BTARCMP(1)