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5.0.1 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 MULTIBUF and Compatibility
1.4 Limitations, Bugs
1.5 Requirements
1.6 Operating Systems supported
1.7 Reliability...a warning
1.8 Further Information
1.9 Contacts, Help, Support
1.10 Changelog
1.10.1 Changes since 1.2.9
1.10.10 Changes from 1.2.8 to 1.2.9
1.10.11 Changes from 1.2.7 to 1.2.8
1.10.12 Changes from 1.2.6 to 1.2.7
1.10.13 Changes from 1.2.5 to 1.2.6
1.10.14 Changes from 1.2.4 to 1.2.5
1.10.15 Changes from 1.2.3 to 1.2.4
1.10.16 Changes from 1.2.0 to 1.2.3
1.10.17 Changes from 1.1 to 1.2.0
Changes from 1.2.8 to 1.2.9
Changes from 1.2.7 to 1.2.8
Changes from 1.2.6 to 1.2.7
Changes from 1.2.5 to 1.2.6
Changes from 1.2.4 to 1.2.5
Changes from 1.2.3 to 1.2.4
Changes from 1.2.0 to 1.2.3
Changes from 1.1 to 1.2.0
2 Making Backups
2.1 Creating a backup
2.2 Backup types
2.3 Incremental backups
3.1 Restoring Backups
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
4.2 Other Actions
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
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
Introduction
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
Configuration
Floppy-and-Blockdevices
6.4.3 Configuration
ZIPdrive
7 Options Overview
7.1 Command Line Options
-auto-backup Config
-auto-restore Config
-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
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
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
A word about encryption:
Toggle Use of Double Buffering
Set # of buffers for double buffering
Verify Archives After Writing
7.2.6 Archive Type Menu
Change KBACKUP Directory
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
MULTIBUF Options-Menu
Set Directory for Temporary Files
Set command for viewing online manual
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
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
Archive Type Menu
Use Afio
Use Tar
Set additional command line parameters for Afio
Set additional command line parameters for Tar
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?
The Multivolume Archive-Menu
8.3.1 Set MULTIBUF block size
8.3.2 Set number of MULTIBUF blocks per call
8.3.3 Use sequence information in MULTIBUF
8.4 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?
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 KBACKUP does not find any device?
A.4.8 Remote operation does not do multiple volumes.
B Copyright and Conditions of Use
B.1 Preamble
B.2 TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
B.3 NO WARRANTY
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