CPBK(1)

NAME
cpbk - Mirror your data from directory to directory

SYNOPSIS
cpbk [options] <source1>...[source2]... <destination>
cpbk -f [options] <source>
cpbk -c <conf file>
Options:
[-fnrizqvV] [-c <conffile>] [-e <exclude dirs>] [-t <trash dir>] [-s <seconds>]

DESCRIPTION
   Backup Copy is basically a smart copy program that allows a user to copy mass files from one place to another. When coping over a previous copy, the key features will allow coping only of new or non existing files in the backup. This results in saving time and less load on the drive. Built into the same feature of copying new files only, is a file removal procedure. If a file is removed from the source path, the same file will be removed when the next backup is performed. This provides a backup that is exactly the same as the source without filling up the drive. As an added option, all files that will be overwritten or deleted when doing a copy over a previous backup, have the opportunity to be stored in a trash bin. You can leave this trash bin to grow and grow just in case you need a backup of your backup. When you start running out of disk space you will need to remove or clean up the trash bin.

This manual page documents the GNU version of cpbk. cpbk mirrors data by copying all files from one directory to another, maintaining all attributes and modification times.

  OPTIONS

-c <conf file>
    Specify a configuration file.

-e <dir1,...>
    Exclude specified directories.

-f  Find mode. Does not copy files. There is no need to specify a destination with this option.

-n  This will remove files and directories that have been deleted from the source argument.

-r  Recursive mode. Copy files from <source> recusively to directory <destination>.

-t <directory>
    Move all old and deleted files from the last backup to the specified trashbin. -n flag is automatically used when -t is specified.

-s <seconds>
    Maximum time in seconds that comparison on file modification time can differ between source and destination files.

-i  Toggle inode information file comparison checking OFF.

-z  Toggle file size comparison checking OFF.

-q  Quite mode. Suppress all error messages.

-v  Verbose mode.

-V  Version.

AUTHOR
Kevin Lindsay - Copyright (c) 1998

BUG REPORT
Report any bugs to klindsay@mkintraweb.com