The KBACKUP User Manual Version 1.2

Karsten Ballüder
Karsten.Ballueder@stud.uni-karlsruhe.de

Copyright (C) 1995, 1996 Karsten Ballüder

KBACKUP is distributed with no warranty whatever. The author and any other contributors take no responsibility for the consequences of its use.

Using KBACKUP in a commercial or educational environment requires obtaining a license from the author. Use of KBACKUP for private purpose is free of charge. The exact conditions of use are stated in Appendix B.

• If you use this program...
• Contents
• Introduction
  • Purpose of KBackup
  • Features
  • Compatibility
    • Tape drives
      • Using floppy streamers...
    • MULTIBUF and Compatibility
  • Limitations, Bugs
  • Requirements
  • Operating Systems supported
  • Reliability... a warning
  • Further Information
    • Where to get those programs?
  • Plans for the future
  • Changelog
    • Changes from 1.1 to 1.2.0
    • Changes from 1.2.0 to 1.2.3
• Making Backups
  • Creating a backup
  • Backup types
  • Incremental backups
• Restoring Backups
  • Restoring Backups
  • Selecting files for Restore operation
    • Restore all files from archive
    • Initialise editable list of files from contents directory
    • Initialise editable list of files from log file
• Other Actions
  • Tape Operation --Menu
    • Rewind Tape
    • Try to Reset Tape Driver
    • Go to n-th Backup on Tape
    • Go to End of Written Data
    • Erase Tape
    • Retension Tape
  • Other Actions
    • Verify Backup
    • Get Backup Size
    • View Archive Contents
    • View a Log file
    • Delete a Log file
    • Send a Bug Report
• Scheduled Operations
  • Introduction
  • The Scheduling --Menu
    • Set date and time
    • Schedule a backup
    • Schedule a restore
    • Toggle Once Only flag
• Configurations
  • The rôle of Configurations
  • How to create a Configuration
  • Load a Configuration
  • Where to start?
• Options Overview
  • Command Line Options
  • Options set from within KBACKUP
    • Set Parent Directory
    • Configuration --Menu
    • Set File Selection Parameters --Menu
    • Configure KBACKUP --Menu
    • Write a Configuration File
    • Load a Configuration File
    • Delete a Configuration File
    • Set File Selection Parameters --Menu
      • Toggle Local Filesystem Mode
      • Toggle Incremental Mode
      • Set Date For Incremental Backup
      • Edit List of Files to Exclude
      • Set shell pattern for files to exclude
      • Set shell pattern for files to include
      • Toggle use of exclude/include patterns
      • Set Advanced Options --Menu
    • Configure KBACKUP

      --Menu

      • Set Name of Editor to use
      • Follow Backup/Restore--Process on Screen
      • Toggle use of restore--log file
      • Set Compression/Encryption Mode
      • Switch Double Buffering On/Off
      • Set Memory Size for Double Buffering
      • Verify Archives After Writing
      • Archive Type
      • Change KBACKUP Directory
      • Select device for backup --Menu
      • Multivolume Archives handling --Menu
      • Set Directory for Temporary Files
      • Set command for viewing online manual
    • Select device for backup --Menu
      • Attempt to autodetect tape device
      • Check tape drive for compatibility
      • Set device type
      • Enter your own device/archive file
      • /dev/fd0 and /dev/fd1
      • Blockdev filesystem type
      • Blockdev make filesystem command
      • Set floppy format --Menu
      • Set device for resetting driver
    • Advanced Options --Menu
      • Backup Only Files Specified
      • Edit List of Files to Include in Backup
      • Initialise List of Files to include
      • Set Find Expert Mode
      • Set Find-Options
      • Set Option to Manually Edit List of Files
      • Toggle Directories--Only Flag
• The MULTIBUF Program
  • What is MULTIBUF ?
  • How does it work?
  • The Multivolume Archive --Menu
    • Set MULTIBUF block size
    • Set number of MULTIBUF blocks per call
    • Use sequence information in MULTIBUF
  • MULTIBUF Command Line Options
• Frequently Asked Questions
  • Introducing the FAQ
  • How can I... ?
    • Exclude a directory tree from backup?
    • Restore my files manually?
    • Restore a system no longer booting?
  • Can I... ?
    • Can I make backups of my DOS partitions?
    • Can I make backups over the network?
  • Common problems
    • I cannot read or verify any tape archive.
    • I cannot restore my old archives.
    • I get ``No valid KBackup header''
• Copyright and Conditions of Use
  • Using KBackup at home:
  • Using KBackup in a commercial or educational environment:
  • NO WARRANTY:
  • Distributions:
• Index
• About this document ...