storeBackupCheckBackup(1)

checks if a file in the backup is missing or corrupted

Section 1 storebackup bookworm source

Description

STOREBACKUPCHECKBACKUP

NAME

storeBackupCheckBackup.pl - checks if a file in the backup is missing or corrupted

SYNOPSIS

storeBackupCheckBackup.pl -c backupDir [-v level] [-p number] [-i]

DESCRIPTION

This program calculates md5 sums from the files in the backup and compares them with md5 sums stored by storeBackup.pl. It so will recognize, if a file in the backup is missing or currupted. It only checks plain files, not special files or symbolic links.

OPTIONS

--print

print configuration parameters and stop

--checkDir, -c

backup or top of backups to check

--backupRoot, -b

root of storeBackup tree, normally not needed

--verbose, -v

generate statistics

--parJobs, -p

number of parallel jobs, default = chosen automatically

-i, <--includeRenamedBackups>

include renamed backups into the check
renamed backups must follow the convention <backupDir>-<something>