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Daniel Denson wrote:
> I'm feeling a bit dumb about Backuppc_zipCreate but I finally figured 
> it out.  Some people have figured it out on the mailing list but never 
> put it in a really coherent statement so I thought i'd drop this 
> tidbit on everyone
>
> Backuppc_zipCreate -h host -n dumpNum -c compressionlevel -s sharename 
> <space> directory > file.zip
>
> dumpNum = number of the dump OR number counting backwards.  -1 is last 
> backup, -2 is second to last. 27 is the backup numbered 27
> compressionlevel = 0-9, the best balance is 3.  4 takes 15% longer for 
> 1-5% gain in compression, 5-9 take MUCH longer without a whole lot of 
> gain.
>
> Backuppc_zipCreate -h desktop1 -n -1 -c 3 -s docs /  > yesterday.zip
>
> create a yesterday.zip from host desktop1 from the backup -1 days 
> ago(yesterday) out of the share "c" and the directory "/" aka "root of 
> c", you could also do -s "c /windows"
>
> the important thing, that is not well described in the help text when 
> you run Backuppc_zipCreate without options, is that for the "-s 
> shareName" you need the share name, then a space, and then the 
> directory under the share.  so if your share is "c" and you want 
> everything, put "-s c /" NOT "-s c/"

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