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1 perry 1 SMBTAR
2 !!!SMBTAR
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 OPTIONS
7 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
8 BUGS
9 CAVEATS
10 DIAGNOSTICS
11 VERSION
12 SEE ALSO
13 AUTHOR
14 ----
15 !!NAME
16
17
18 smbtar - shell script for backing up SMB/CIFS shares directly to UNIX tape drives
19 !!SYNOPSIS
20
21
22 __smbtar -s server__ [[ __-p password__ ] [[ __-x
23 services__ ] [[ __-X__ ] [[ __-d directory__ ] [[ __-u
24 user__ ] [[ __-t tape__ ] [[ __-t tape__ ] [[ __-b
25 blocksize__ ] [[ __-N filename__ ] [[ __-i__ ] [[
26 __-r__ ] [[ __-l loglevel__ ] [[ __-v__ ]
27 __filenames__
28 !!DESCRIPTION
29
30
31 This tool is part of the Sambasuite.
32
33
34 __smbtar__ is a very small shell script on top of
35 __smbclient(1)__ which dumps SMB shares directly to
36 tape.
37 !!OPTIONS
38
39
40 __-s server__
41
42
43 The SMB/CIFS server that the share resides
44 upon.
45
46
47 __-x service__
48
49
50 The share name on the server to connect to. The default is
51
52
53 __-X__
54
55
56 Exclude mode. Exclude filenames... from tar create or
57 restore.
58
59
60 __-d directory__
61
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63 Change to initial ''directory'' before restoring /
64 backing up files.
65
66
67 __-v__
68
69
70 Verbose mode.
71
72
73 __-p password__
74
75
76 The password to use to access a share. Default:
77 none
78
79
80 __-u user__
81
82
83 The user id to connect as. Default: UNIX login
84 name.
85
86
87 __-t tape__
88
89
90 Tape device. May be regular file or tape device. Default:
91 ''$TAPE'' environmental variable; if not set, a file
92 called ''tar.out'' .
93
94
95 __-b blocksize__
96
97
98 Blocking factor. Defaults to 20. See __tar(1)__ for a
99 fuller explanation.
100
101
102 __-N filename__
103
104
105 Backup only files newer than filename. Could be used (for
106 example) on a log file to implement incremental
107 backups.
108
109
110 __-i__
111
112
113 Incremental mode; tar files are only backed up if they have
114 the archive bit set. The archive bit is reset after each
115 file is read.
116
117
118 __-r__
119
120
121 Restore. Files are restored to the share from the tar
122 file.
123
124
125 __-l log level__
126
127
128 Log (debug) level. Corresponds to the ''-d'' flag of
129 __smbclient(1)__ .
130 !!ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
131
132
133 The ''$TAPE'' variable specifies the default tape device
134 to write to. May be overridden with the -t
135 option.
136 !!BUGS
137
138
139 The __smbtar__ script has different options from ordinary
140 tar and tar called from smbclient.
141 !!CAVEATS
142
143
144 Sites that are more careful about security may not like the
145 way the script handles PC passwords. Backup and restore work
146 on entire shares, should work on file lists. smbtar works
147 best with GNU tar and may not work well with other
148 versions.
149 !!DIAGNOSTICS
150
151
152 See the __DIAGNOSTICS__ section for the
153 __smbclient(1)__ command.
154 !!VERSION
155
156
157 This man page is correct for version 2.2 of the Samba
158 suite.
159 !!SEE ALSO
160
161
162 __smbd(8)__, __smbclient(1)__,
163 smb.conf(5),
164 !!AUTHOR
165
166
167 The original Samba software and related utilities were
168 created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the
169 Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the
170 Linux kernel is developed.
171
172
173 Ricky Poulten
174 smbtar__
175 script was heavily rewritten and improved by Martin Kraemer
176 __
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