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diff --git a/docs/docbook/manpages/smbtar.1.xml b/docs/docbook/manpages/smbtar.1.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c773937844 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/docbook/manpages/smbtar.1.xml @@ -0,0 +1,237 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [ + +<!ENTITY % globalentities SYSTEM '../global.ent'> %globalentities; +]> +<refentry id="smbtar.1"> + +<refmeta> + <refentrytitle>smbtar</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> +</refmeta> + + +<refnamediv> + <refname>smbtar</refname> + <refpurpose>shell script for backing up SMB/CIFS shares + directly to UNIX tape drives</refpurpose> +</refnamediv> + +<refsynopsisdiv> + <cmdsynopsis> + <command>smbtar</command> + <arg choice="opt">-r</arg> + <arg choice="opt">-i</arg> + <arg choice="opt">-a</arg> + <arg choice="opt">-v</arg> + <arg choice="req">-s server</arg> + <arg choice="opt">-p password</arg> + <arg choice="opt">-x services</arg> + <arg choice="opt">-X</arg> + <arg choice="opt">-N filename</arg> + <arg choice="opt">-b blocksize</arg> + <arg choice="opt">-d directory</arg> + <arg choice="opt">-l loglevel</arg> + <arg choice="opt">-u user</arg> + <arg choice="opt">-t tape</arg> + <arg choice="req">filenames</arg> + </cmdsynopsis> +</refsynopsisdiv> + +<refsect1> + <title>DESCRIPTION</title> + + <para>This tool is part of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>Samba</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para> + + <para><command>smbtar</command> is a very small shell script on top + of <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbclient</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum> + </citerefentry> which dumps SMB shares directly to tape.</para> +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> + <title>OPTIONS</title> + + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term>-s server</term> + <listitem><para>The SMB/CIFS server that the share resides + upon.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + + <varlistentry> + <term>-x service</term> + <listitem><para>The share name on the server to connect to. + The default is "backup".</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + + <varlistentry> + <term>-X</term> + <listitem><para>Exclude mode. Exclude filenames... from tar + create or restore. </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + + + <varlistentry> + <term>-d directory</term> + <listitem><para>Change to initial <parameter>directory + </parameter> before restoring / backing up files. </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + + + <varlistentry> + <term>-v</term> + <listitem><para>Verbose mode.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + + + <varlistentry> + <term>-p password</term> + <listitem><para>The password to use to access a share. + Default: none </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + + <varlistentry> + <term>-u user</term> + <listitem><para>The user id to connect as. Default: + UNIX login name. </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + + <varlistentry> + <term>-a</term> + <listitem><para>Reset DOS archive bit mode to + indicate file has been archived. </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>-t tape</term> + <listitem><para>Tape device. May be regular file or tape + device. Default: <parameter>$TAPE</parameter> environmental + variable; if not set, a file called <filename>tar.out + </filename>. </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + + <varlistentry> + <term>-b blocksize</term> + <listitem><para>Blocking factor. Defaults to 20. See + <command>tar(1)</command> for a fuller explanation. </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + + <varlistentry> + <term>-N filename</term> + <listitem><para>Backup only files newer than filename. Could + be used (for example) on a log file to implement incremental + backups. </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + + <varlistentry> + <term>-i</term> + <listitem><para>Incremental mode; tar files are only backed + up if they have the archive bit set. The archive bit is reset + after each file is read. </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + + <varlistentry> + <term>-r</term> + <listitem><para>Restore. Files are restored to the share + from the tar file. </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + + + <varlistentry> + <term>-l log level</term> + <listitem><para>Log (debug) level. Corresponds to the + <parameter>-d</parameter> flag of <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>smbclient</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum> + </citerefentry>.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> +</refsect1> + + +<refsect1> + <title>ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES</title> + + <para>The <parameter>$TAPE</parameter> variable specifies the + default tape device to write to. May be overridden + with the -t option. </para> +</refsect1> + + +<refsect1> + <title>BUGS</title> + + <para>The <command>smbtar</command> script has different + options from ordinary tar and from smbclient's tar command. </para> + +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> + <title>CAVEATS</title> + + <para>Sites that are more careful about security may not like + the way the script handles PC passwords. Backup and restore work + on entire shares; should work on file lists. smbtar works best + with GNU tar and may not work well with other versions. </para> +</refsect1> + + +<refsect1> + <title>DIAGNOSTICS</title> + + <para>See the <emphasis>DIAGNOSTICS</emphasis> section for the <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>smbclient</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum> + </citerefentry> command.</para> +</refsect1> + + +<refsect1> + <title>VERSION</title> + + <para>This man page is correct for version 3.0 of + the Samba suite.</para> +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> + <title>SEE ALSO</title> + <para><citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>smbclient</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum> + </citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smb.conf</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> + <title>AUTHOR</title> + + <para>The original Samba software and related utilities + were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed + by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar + to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</para> + +<para><ulink noescape="1" url="mailto:poultenr@logica.co.uk">Ricky Poulten</ulink> + wrote the tar extension and this man page. The <command>smbtar</command> + script was heavily rewritten and improved by <ulink noescape="1" + url="mailto:Martin.Kraemer@mch.sni.de">Martin Kraemer</ulink>. Many + thanks to everyone who suggested extensions, improvements, bug + fixes, etc. The man page sources were converted to YODL format (another + excellent piece of Open Source software, available at <ulink noescape="1" url="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/"> + ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</ulink>) and updated for the Samba 2.0 + release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for + Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook XML 4.2 for + Samba 3.0 was done by Alexander Bokovoy.</para> +</refsect1> + +</refentry> |