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-.\" This manpage has been automatically generated by docbook2man
-.\" from a DocBook document. This tool can be found at:
-.\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/comp/docbook2X/>
-.\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches,
-.\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>.
-.TH "SMBTAR" "1" "04 March 2003" "" ""
+.\"Generated by db2man.xsl. Don't modify this, modify the source.
+.de Sh \" Subsection
+.br
+.if t .Sp
+.ne 5
+.PP
+\fB\\$1\fR
+.PP
+..
+.de Sp \" Vertical space (when we can't use .PP)
+.if t .sp .5v
+.if n .sp
+..
+.de Ip \" List item
+.br
+.ie \\n(.$>=3 .ne \\$3
+.el .ne 3
+.IP "\\$1" \\$2
+..
+.TH "SMBTAR" 1 "" "" ""
.SH NAME
-smbtar \- shell script for backing up SMB/CIFS shares directly to UNIX tape drives
-.SH SYNOPSIS
+smbtar \- shell script for backing up SMB/CIFS shares directly to UNIX tape drives
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
-\fBsmbtar\fR \fB-s server\fR [ \fB-p password\fR ] [ \fB-x services\fR ] [ \fB-X\fR ] [ \fB-d directory\fR ] [ \fB-u user\fR ] [ \fB-t tape\fR ] [ \fB-t tape\fR ] [ \fB-b blocksize\fR ] [ \fB-N filename\fR ] [ \fB-i\fR ] [ \fB-r\fR ] [ \fB-l loglevel\fR ] [ \fB-v\fR ] \fBfilenames\fR
+.nf
+\fBsmbtar\fR [-r] [-i] [-a] [-v] {-s server} [-p password] [-x services] [-X] [-N filename]
+ [-b blocksize] [-d directory] [-l loglevel] [-u user] [-t tape] {filenames}
+
+.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+
.PP
-This tool is part of the Samba suite.
+This tool is part of the \fBSamba\fR(7) suite\&.
+
.PP
-\fBsmbtar\fR is a very small shell script on top
-of \fBsmbclient(1)\fR
-which dumps SMB shares directly to tape.
+\fBsmbtar\fR is a very small shell script on top of \fBsmbclient\fR(1) which dumps SMB shares directly to tape\&.
+
.SH "OPTIONS"
+
.TP
-\fB-s server\fR
-The SMB/CIFS server that the share resides
-upon.
+-s server
+The SMB/CIFS server that the share resides upon\&.
+
+
.TP
-\fB-x service\fR
-The share name on the server to connect to.
-The default is "backup".
+-x service
+The share name on the server to connect to\&. The default is "backup"\&.
+
+
.TP
-\fB-X\fR
-Exclude mode. Exclude filenames... from tar
-create or restore.
+-X
+Exclude mode\&. Exclude filenames\&.\&.\&. from tar create or restore\&.
+
+
.TP
-\fB-d directory\fR
-Change to initial \fIdirectory
-\fR before restoring / backing up files.
+-d directory
+Change to initial \fIdirectory \fR before restoring / backing up files\&.
+
+
+.TP
+-v
+Verbose mode\&.
+
+
.TP
-\fB-v\fR
-Verbose mode.
+-p password
+The password to use to access a share\&. Default: none
+
+
.TP
-\fB-p password\fR
-The password to use to access a share.
-Default: none
+-u user
+The user id to connect as\&. Default: UNIX login name\&.
+
+
.TP
-\fB-u user\fR
-The user id to connect as. Default:
-UNIX login name.
+-a
+Reset DOS archive bit mode to indicate file has been archived\&.
+
+
.TP
-\fB-t tape\fR
-Tape device. May be regular file or tape
-device. Default: \fI$TAPE\fR environmental
-variable; if not set, a file called \fItar.out
-\fR.
+-t tape
+Tape device\&. May be regular file or tape device\&. Default: \fI$TAPE\fR environmental variable; if not set, a file called \fItar\&.out \fR\&.
+
+
.TP
-\fB-b blocksize\fR
-Blocking factor. Defaults to 20. See
-\fBtar(1)\fR for a fuller explanation.
+-b blocksize
+Blocking factor\&. Defaults to 20\&. See \fBtar(1)\fR for a fuller explanation\&.
+
+
.TP
-\fB-N filename\fR
-Backup only files newer than filename. Could
-be used (for example) on a log file to implement incremental
-backups.
+-N filename
+Backup only files newer than filename\&. Could be used (for example) on a log file to implement incremental backups\&.
+
+
.TP
-\fB-i\fR
-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.
+-i
+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\&.
+
+
.TP
-\fB-r\fR
-Restore. Files are restored to the share
-from the tar file.
+-r
+Restore\&. Files are restored to the share from the tar file\&.
+
+
.TP
-\fB-l log level\fR
-Log (debug) level. Corresponds to the
-\fI-d\fR flag of \fBsmbclient(1)
-\fR.
+-l log level
+Log (debug) level\&. Corresponds to the \fI-d\fR flag of \fBsmbclient\fR(1)\&.
+
+
.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
+
.PP
-The \fI$TAPE\fR variable specifies the
-default tape device to write to. May be overridden
-with the -t option.
+The \fI$TAPE\fR variable specifies the default tape device to write to\&. May be overridden with the -t option\&.
+
.SH "BUGS"
+
.PP
-The \fBsmbtar\fR script has different
-options from ordinary tar and from smbclient's tar command.
+The \fBsmbtar\fR script has different options from ordinary tar and from smbclient's tar command\&.
+
.SH "CAVEATS"
+
.PP
-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.
+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\&.
+
.SH "DIAGNOSTICS"
+
.PP
-See the \fBDIAGNOSTICS\fR section for the
-\fBsmbclient(1)\fR
- command.
+See the \fBDIAGNOSTICS\fR section for the \fBsmbclient\fR(1) command\&.
+
.SH "VERSION"
+
.PP
-This man page is correct for version 3.0 of
-the Samba suite.
+This man page is correct for version 3\&.0 of the Samba suite\&.
+
.SH "SEE ALSO"
+
.PP
-\fBsmbd(8)\fR
-\fBsmbclient(1)\fR
-smb.conf(5)
+\fBsmbd\fR(8), \fBsmbclient\fR(1), \fBsmb.conf\fR(5)\&.
+
.SH "AUTHOR"
+
.PP
-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.
+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\&.
+
.PP
-Ricky Poulten <URL:mailto:poultenr@logica.co.uk>
-wrote the tar extension and this man page. The \fBsmbtar\fR
-script was heavily rewritten and improved by Martin Kraemer <URL:mailto:Martin.Kraemer@mch.sni.de>. 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
-ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/ <URL:ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/>) and updated for the Samba 2.0
-release by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for
-Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter.
+Ricky Poulten wrote the tar extension and this man page\&. The \fBsmbtar\fR script was heavily rewritten and improved by Martin Kraemer\&. 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 ftp://ftp\&.icce\&.rug\&.nl/pub/unix/) 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\&.
+