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The KBACKUP User Manual
Version 1.2.9

Karsten Ballüder
karsten@piobelix.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de

TO MICHELA.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

Copyright (C) 1995, 1996 Karsten Ballüder
karsten@pimajestix.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de
http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~ Karsten.Ballueder/
Karsten Ballüder, Lessingstrasse 2, 32756 Detmold, Germany

KBACKUPis distributed with no warranty whatever. The author and any other contributors take no responsibility for the consequences of its use.

• This is SHAREWARE:
• Why register?
• Contents
• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Purpose of KBACKUP
  • 1.2 Features
  • 1.3 Compatibility
    • 1.3.1 supported devices
      • Tape drives
      • Floppy disks
      • Block devices, ZIP drive
    • 1.3.2 MULTIBUFand Compatibility
  • 1.4 Limitations, Bugs
    • A problem with  tar(1)
  • 1.5 Requirements
  • 1.6 Operating Systems supported
  • 1.7 Reliability...a warning
  • 1.8 Further Information
  • 1.9 Changelog
    • 1.9.1 Changes from 1.2.8 to 1.2.9
    • 1.9.2 Changes from 1.2.7 to 1.2.8
    • 1.9.3 Changes from 1.2.6 to 1.2.7
    • 1.9.4 Changes from 1.2.5 to 1.2.6
    • 1.9.5 Changes from 1.2.4 to 1.2.5
    • 1.9.6 Changes from 1.2.3 to 1.2.4
    • 1.9.7 Changes from 1.2.0 to 1.2.3
    • 1.9.8 Changes from 1.1 to 1.2.0
    • 1.9.9 Changes from 1.2.8 to 1.2.9
    • 1.9.10 Changes from 1.2.7 to 1.2.8
    • 1.9.11 Changes from 1.2.6 to 1.2.7
    • 1.9.12 Changes from 1.2.5 to 1.2.6
    • 1.9.13 Changes from 1.2.4 to 1.2.5
    • 1.9.14 Changes from 1.2.3 to 1.2.4
    • 1.9.15 Changes from 1.2.0 to 1.2.3
    • 1.9.16 Changes from 1.1 to 1.2.0
• 2 Making Backups
  • 2.1 Creating a backup
  • 2.2 Backup types
  • 2.3 Incremental backups
• 3 Restoring Backups
  • 3.1 Restoring Backups
  • 3.2 Selecting files for Restore operation
    • 3.2.1 Restore all files from archive
    • 3.2.2 Initialise editable list of files from contents directory
    • 3.2.3 Initialise editable list of files from log file
• 4 Other Actions
  • 4.1 Tape Operation-Menu
    • Rewind Tape
    • Try to Reset Tape Driver
    • Go to n-th Backup on Tape
    • Go to End of Written Data
    • Erase Tape
    • Retension Tape
    • Set tape offline: rewind and unload it
  • 4.2 Other Actions
    • Verify Backup
    • Get Backup Size
    • View Archive Contents
    • View a Log file
    • Delete a Log file
    • Send a Bug Report
• 5 Scheduled Operations
  • 5.0.1 Introduction
  • 5.0.2 The Scheduling-Menu
    • Set date and time
    •  Schedule a backup
    • Schedule a restore
    • Toggle Once Only flag
• 6 Configurations
  • 6.1 The rôle of Configurations
  • 6.2 How to create a Configuration
  • 6.3 Load a Configuration
  • 6.4 Where to start?
    • 6.4.1 Configuration Default
    • 6.4.2 Configuration Floppy-and-Blockdevices
    • 6.4.3 Configuration ZIPdrive
• 7 Options Overview
  • 7.1 Command Line Options
    • 7.1.1 -auto-backup Config
    • 7.1.2 -auto-restore Config
    • 7.1.3 -ttymode
  • 7.2 Options set from within KBACKUP
    • Set Parent Directory
    • Configuration-Menu
    • Set File Selection Parameters-Menu
    • Configure KBACKUP-Menu
    • Write a Configuration File
    • Load a Configuration File
    • Delete a Configuration File
    • 7.2.1 Set File Selection Parameters-Menu
      • Toggle Local Filesystem Mode
      • Toggle Incremental Mode
      • Set Date For Incremental Backup
      • Edit List of Files to Exclude
      • Set shell pattern for files to exclude
      • Set shell pattern for files to include
      • Toggle use of exclude/include patterns
      • Protect newer files during restore
      • Set Advanced Options-Menu
    • 7.2.2 Configure KBACKUP-Menu
      • Create Report on Backup
      • Set Name of Editor to use
      • Follow Backup/Restore-Process on Screen
      • Toggle use of restore-log file
      • Set Compression/Encryption Mode
      • Toggle Use of Double Buffering
      • Set # of buffers for double buffering
      • Verify Archives After Writing
      • Archive Type Menu
      • Change KBACKUPDirectory
      • Select device for backup-Menu
      • Remote mode settings-Menu
      • Toggle use of remote mode
      • Set hostname to connect to
      • Set user to use for login
      • Verify whether settings work
      • MULTIBUFOptions-Menu
      • Set Directory for Temporary Files
      • Set command for viewing online manual
    • 7.2.3 Select device for backup-Menu
      • Attempt to autodetect tape device
      • Check tape drive for compatibility
      • Set device type
      • Enter your own device/archive file
      • /dev/fd0 and /dev/fd1
      • Blockdev filesystem type
      • Blockdev make filesystem command
      • Set floppy format-Menu
    • 7.2.4 Set waiting time for device
      • Set device for resetting driver
    • 7.2.5 Remote mode settings-Menu
      • What is it?
      • Toggle use of remote mode
      • Set hostname to connect to
      • Set user to use for login
      • Verify whether settings work
    • 7.2.6 Archive Type Menu
      • Use Afio
      • Use Tar
      • Set additional command line parameters for Afio
      • Set additional command line parameters for Tar
    • 7.2.7 Advanced Options-Menu
      • Backup Only Files Specified
      • Edit List of Files to Include in Backup
      • Initialise List of Files to include
      • Set Find Expert Mode
      • Set Find-Options
      • Set Option to Manually Edit List of Files
      • Toggle Directories-Only Flag
• 8 The MULTIBUF Program
  • 8.1 What is MULTIBUF?
  • 8.2 How does it work?
  • 8.3 The Multivolume Archive-Menu
    • 8.3.1 Set MULTIBUFblock size
    • 8.3.2 Set number of MULTIBUFblocks per call
    • 8.3.3 Use sequence information in MULTIBUF
  • MULTIBUF Command Line Options
• A Frequently Asked Questions
  • A.1 Introducing the FAQ
  • A.2 How can I...?
    • A.2.1 How can I choose multiple directories?
    • A.2.2 Exclude a directory tree from backup?
    • A.2.3 Restore my files manually?
    • A.2.4 Restore a system no longer booting?
    • A.2.5 How can I use my removable hard disk?
    • A.2.6 How can I do automatic backups?
    • A.2.7 How can I use an auto-loader?
  • A.3 Can I...?
    • A.3.1 Can I make backups of my DOS partitions?
    • A.3.2 Can I make backups over the network?
  • A.4 Common problems
    • A.4.1 I cannot read or verify any tape archive.
    • A.4.2 I cannot restore my old archives.
    • A.4.3 I get ``No valid KBackup header''
    • A.4.4 KBackup does not work with FTAPE?
    • A.4.5 I want to pass additional options to tar or afio.
    • A.4.6 I cannot use KBackup as a normal user.
    • A.4.7 KBACKUPdoes not find any device?
    • A.4.8 Remote operation does not do multiple volumes.
• B Copyright and Conditions of Use
  • Using KBACKUPat home:
  • Using KBackup in a commercial or educational environment:
  • NO WARRANTY:
  • Distributions:
• Index
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