reallysimplebackup.1

.\" Copyright (C) 2009 Mikko Rantalainen. See README for license.
.TH reallysimplebackup 1 "2009-04-05" "0.1.0"
.SH NAME
reallysimplebackup \- create and rotate backups in the system
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B reallysimplebackup-rsync
.RI [ option ]...
.RI [ directory ]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B reallysimplebackup
is a collection of scripts to do a simple rotating backup
of the whole system. Behind the curtains, the scripts use rsync, cp \-al and
hardlink. Scripts are written in bash and python.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-h or \-\-help
print quick usage details to the screen.
.TP
.B \-v[=LEVEL] or \-\-verbose[=LEVEL]
Set verbosity of output, if used without an argument, increase current
verbosity by one.

.SH ARGUMENTS
.B reallysimplebackup-rsync
takes no arguments.
.B reallysimplebackup-rotate
takes no arguments.

.B reallysimplebackup-backup-here
Creates a backup of latest backup under the directory this script has been linked to.
Notice that executing this from its default location does not make sense and it will
display an error message along the lines
"Target directory '.../backup/latest' does not exist, aborting"

.B \-\-init
create target directory for backup of a backup


.SH AUTHOR
The program reallysimplebackup and this manpage have been written by Mikko Rantalainen,
and are licensed under the GNU GPL license.