NAME

       s3qladm - Manage S3QL file systems

SYNOPSIS

          s3qladm [options] <action> <storage url>

       where action may be either of passphrase, upgrade, delete or download-metadata.

DESCRIPTION

       S3QL is a file system for online data storage. Before using S3QL, make sure to consult the
       full documentation (rather than just  the  man  pages  which  only  briefly  document  the
       available userspace commands).

       The  s3qladm  command performs various operations on unmounted S3QL file systems. The file
       system must not be mounted when using s3qladm or things will go wrong badly.

       The storage url depends on the backend that is used.  The  S3QL  User's  Guide  should  be
       consulted for a description of the available backends.

OPTIONS

       The s3qladm command accepts the following options.

          --debug <module>
                 activate  debugging output from <module>. Use all to get debug messages from all
                 modules. This option can be specified multiple times.

          --quiet
                 be really quiet

          --log <target>
                 Write logging info into this file. File will be rotated when it reaches  1  MiB,
                 and  at  most  5  old  log  files will be kept. Specify none to disable logging.
                 Default: none

          --authfile <path>
                 Read authentication credentials from this file (default: ~/.s3ql/authinfo2)

          --ssl  Always use SSL connections when connecting to remote servers. For backends  that
                 allow  only  encrypted  connections,  S3QL  uses SSL automatically, even if this
                 option is not set.

          --cachedir <path>
                 Store cached data in this directory (default: ~/.s3ql)

          --version
                 just print program version and exit

       Hint: run s3qladm <action> --help to  get  help  on  the  additional  arguments  that  the
       different actions take.

ACTIONS

       The following actions may be specified:

       passphrase
              Changes the encryption passphrase of the file system.

       upgrade
              Upgrade the file system to the newest revision.

       delete Delete the file system with all the stored data.

       download-metadata
              Interactively download backups of the file system metadata.

EXIT STATUS

       s3qladm returns exit code 0 if the operation succeeded and 1 if some error occurred.

SEE ALSO

       The S3QL homepage is at http://code.google.com/p/s3ql/.

       The  full  S3QL  documentation  should  also be installed somewhere on your system, common
       locations are /usr/share/doc/s3ql or /usr/local/doc/s3ql.

COPYRIGHT

       2008-2011, Nikolaus Rath