Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Working Well - Except Archiving
2008-11-18 17:00:13
SamK writes:
> I am struggling to create an archive from the command line. The desired
> outcome is to emulate the clicking of the "Start Archive" button in the web
> page as this method is working perfectly. The overall objective is to create
> the archive as a cron job.
>
> >From /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_archive
> Extract Start
> # BackupPC_archive: Archive files for an archive client.
> #
> # DESCRIPTION
> #
> # Usage: BackupPC_archive <user> <archiveclient> <reqFileName>
> Extract End
>
> I cannot find the definitions of <user> <archiveclient> <reqFileName> and all
> permutations of my guesses of what might be required have all failed. Can
> anyone help or indicate where the definitions are listed?
BackupPC_archive isn't very easy to use directly: reqFileName is the
path of a file (output from perl's Data::Dumper) with information
about what to archive.
BackupPC_archiveStart is much easier to use. It creates a reqFile
and then tells the BackupPC server to run the archive.
Craig
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