This chapter describes command line options that are used to create a new archive – BRU’s backup function – and contains sample commands for the basic types of backup. The options that can be used with the bru command allow you to tell BRU:
You want to perform a backup
To estimate how many tapes or disks it will take to create the archive
What device to use
How to label the archive
To set the verbosity level for BRU
To generate log files
To wait for confirmation for each action it takes
Not to cross local filesystem boundaries
Not to cross boundaries between local and remote filesystems
To run without user intervention
To back up a set of files or directories based on a list supplied on the command line
To back up a set of files by modification date
To back up a set of files owned by a particular user
To back up a set of files or directories based on a list supplied in a file or read from stdin
NOTE: In this section, we talk about writing archives or archiving files. If you are unfamiliar with this way of referring to the backup function, see the “Definitions” section of Chapter 1.
