.TH "smbtar " "1" "23 Oct 1998" "Samba" "SAMBA" 
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.SH "NAME" 
smbtar \- shell script for backing up SMB/CIFS shares directly to UNIX tape drives
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.SH "SYNOPSIS" 
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\fBsmbtar\fP -s server [-p password] [-x service] [-X] [-d directory] [-u user] [-t tape] [-b blocksize] [-N filename] [-i] [-r] [-l log level] [-v] filenames
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.SH "DESCRIPTION" 
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This program is part of the \fBSamba\fP suite\&.
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\fBsmbtar\fP is a very small shell script on top of
\fBsmbclient\fP which dumps SMB shares directly
to tape\&.
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.SH "OPTIONS" 
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.IP "\fB-s server\fP" 
The SMB/CIFS server that the share resides upon\&.
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.IP "\fB-x service\fP" 
The share name on the server to connect
to\&. The default is \f(CWbackup\fP\&.
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.IP "\fB-X\fP" 
Exclude mode\&. Exclude filenames\&.\&.\&. from tar create or
restore\&.
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.IP "\fB-d directory\fP" 
Change to initial \fIdirectory\fP before restoring
/ backing up files\&.
.IP 
.IP "\fB-v\fP" 
Verbose mode\&.
.IP 
.IP "\fB-p password\fP" 
The password to use to access a share\&. Default:
none
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.IP "\fB-u user\fP" 
The user id to connect as\&. Default: UNIX login name\&.
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.IP "\fB-t tape\fP" 
Tape device\&. May be regular file or tape
device\&. Default: \fITAPE\fP environmental variable; if not set, a file
called \f(CWtar\&.out\fP\&.
.IP 
.IP "\fB-b blocksize\fP" 
Blocking factor\&. Defaults to 20\&. See \fBtar (1)\fP
for a fuller explanation\&.
.IP 
.IP "\fB-N filename\fP" 
Backup only files newer than filename\&. Could be
used (for example) on a log file to implement incremental backups\&.
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.IP "\fB-i\fP" 
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\&.
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.IP "\fB-r\fP" 
Restore\&. Files are restored to the share from the tar
file\&.
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.IP "\fB-l log level\fP" 
Log (debug) level\&. Corresponds to the
\fB-d\fP flag of \fBsmbclient
(1)\fP\&.
.IP 
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.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES" 
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The TAPE variable specifies the default tape device to write to\&. May
be overridden with the \fB-t\fP option\&.
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.SH "BUGS" 
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The \fBsmbtar\fP script has different options from ordinary tar and tar
called from \fBsmbclient\fP\&.
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.SH "CAVEATS" 
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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\&. \fBsmbtar\fP works best with GNU tar and may
not work well with other versions\&.
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.SH "VERSION" 
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This man page is correct for version 2\&.0 of the Samba suite\&.
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.SH "SEE ALSO" 
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\fBsmbclient (1)\fP, \fBsmb\&.conf
(5)\fP
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.SH "DIAGNOSTICS" 
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See the \fBDIAGNOSTICS\fP section for
the \fBsmbclient\fP command\&.
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.SH "AUTHOR" 
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The original Samba software and related utilities were created by
Andrew Tridgell \fIsamba-bugs@samba\&.org\fP\&. Samba is now developed
by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the
Linux kernel is developed\&.
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Ricky Poulten \fIpoultenr@logica\&.co\&.uk\fP wrote the tar extension and
this man page\&. The \fBsmbtar\fP script was heavily rewritten and
improved by Martin Kraemer \fIMartin\&.Kraemer@mch\&.sni\&.de\fP\&. 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
\fBftp://ftp\&.icce\&.rug\&.nl/pub/unix/\fP)
and updated for the Samba2\&.0 release by Jeremy Allison,
\fIsamba-bugs@samba\&.org\fP\&.
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See \fBsamba (7)\fP to find out how to get a full
list of contributors and details on how to submit bug reports,
comments etc\&.
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