incfile(1M) UNIX System V(System Administration Utilities) incfile(1M)
NAME
incfile - create, restore an incremental filesystem archive
SYNOPSIS
incfile -B [-dilmortvxAENSV] bkjobid ofsname ofsdev ofslab descript
incfile -T bkjobid tocfname descript
incfile -RC [-dilmortvxAENSV] ofsname ofsdev refsname redev rsjobid
descript
incfile -RF [-dilmortvxAENSV] ofsname ofsdev descript
rsjobid:uid:date:type:name
[:[rename]:[inode]] ...
DESCRIPTION
incfile is invoked as a child process by other shell commands. The
command name, incfile, is read either from the bkhist.tab file or the
bkreg -m command and option. The -B, -T, -R, -F, and -C options are
passed to incfile by the shell commands backup, restore, and urestore(1)
described below. The minus options are passed from the bkhist.tab file
or the bkreg -p command and option. The arguments are sent to incfile
from various locations in the backup service.
incfile -B is invoked as a child process by the bkdaemon command to
perform an incremental backup of the filesystem ofsname (the originating
filesystem). All files in ofsname that have been modified or have had an
inode change since the last full backup are archived. The resulting
backup is created in cpio file format. The backup is recorded in the
backup history log, /etc/bkup/bkhist.tab.
bkjobid
the job id assigned by backup. The method uses the bkjobid when it
creates history log and table-of-contents entries.
ofsname
the name of the filesystem that is to be backed up.
ofsdev
the name of the UNIX block special device on which the filesystem
resides.
ofslab
the volume name on the filesystem [see labelit(1M)].
descript
is a description for a destination device in the form:
dgroup:dname:dchar:dlabels
dgroup specifies a device group [see devgroup.tab(4)].
dname specifies a particular device name [see device.tab(4)].
dchars specifies characteristics associated with the device. If
specified, dchar overrides the defaults for the specified device
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and group. [See device.tab(4) for a further description of device
characteristics].
dlabels specifies the volume names for the media to be used for
reading or writing the archive.
incfile -T is invoked as a child process by the backup to archive a
table-of-contents on the volumes described by descript.
tocfname
the name of the file containing the table-of-contents.
incfile -RC and incfile -RF are invoked as child processes by the rsoper
command to extract files from an incremental filesystem archive created
by incfile -B. The filesystem archive is assumed to be in cpio format.
If the -RC option is selected, all files recorded in the archive are
restored.
refsname
if non-null, the name of the filesystem to be restored to instead
of ofsname.
redev if non-null, the partition to be restored to instead of ofsdev.
At least one of refsname and redev must be null.
If the -RF option is specified, only selected objects from the archive
are restored. Each 7-tuple, composed of
rsjobid:uid:date:type:name:rename:inode, specifies an object to be
restored from the filesystem archive. The 7-tuple objects come to
incfile from the rsstatus.tab file.
rsjobid
the restore jobid assigned by restore or urestore.
uid the real uid of the user who requested the object to be restored.
It must match the uid of the owner of the object at the time the
archive was made, or it must be the superuser uid.
date the newest "last modification time" that is acceptable for a
restorable object. The object is restored from the archive
immediately older than this date. date is a hexadecimal
representation of the date and time provided by the time system
call.
type either F or D, indicating that the object is a file or a directory,
respectively.
name the name the object had in the filesystem archive.
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rename
the name that the object should be restored to (it may differ from
the name the object had in the filesystem archive). If omitted,
the object is restored to name.
inode the inode number of the object as it was stored in the filesystem
archive. [inode] is not used by incfile -R, and is provided only
for command-line compatibility with other restoral methods.
Options
Some options are only significant during incfile -B invocations; they are
accepted but ignored during incfile -R invocations because the command is
invoked and options are specified automatically by restore. These
options are flagged with an asterisk (*).
d* Inhibits the recording of the archive in the backup history
log.
i* Excludes from the backup those files that have only had an
inode change.
l* Creates a long form of the backup history log that includes a
table of contents for the archive. This includes the data used
to generate a listing of each file in the archive like that
produced by the ls -l command.
m* Mounts the originating filesystem read-only before starting the
backup and remounts it with its original permissions after
completing the backup. Cannot be used with root or /usr
filesystems.
o Permits the user to override media insertion requests [see the
getvol(1M), -o option].
r* Includes remotely mounted resources in the archive.
t* Creates a table of contents for the backup on additional media
instead of in the backup history log.
v* Validates the archive as it is written. A checksum is computed
as the archive is being written; as each medium is completed,
it is re-read and the checksum is recomputed to verify that
each block is readable and correct. If either check fails, the
medium is considered unreadable. If -A has been specified, the
archiving operation fails; otherwise, the operator is prompted
to replace the failed medium.
x* Ignores the exception list; backs up all changed or modified
files.
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A Establishes automated mode, (i.e., does not prompt the user to
insert or remove media).
E* Reports an estimate of media usage for the archive, then
performs the backup.
N* Reports an estimate of media usage for the archive, but does
not perform the backup.
S Displays a period (.) for every 100 (512 byte) blocks read-from
or written-to the archive on the destination device.
V Displays the name of each file written-to or extracted-from the
archive on the destination device.
User Interactions
The connection between an archiving method and the backup command is more
complex than a simple fork/exec or pipe. The backup command is
responsible for all interactions with the user, either directly, or
through the bkoper command. Therefore, incfile neither reads from
standard-input nor writes to standard-output or standard-error. A method
library must be used [see libbrmeth(3)] to communicate reports
(estimates, filenames, periods, status, etc.) to the backup command.
DIAGNOSTICS
The exit codes for incfile are the following:
0 = successful completion of the task
1 = one or more parameters to incfile are invalid.
2 = an error has occurred which caused incfile to fail to
complete all portions of its task.
FILES
/etc/bkup/bkexcept.tab
lists the files that are to be excluded from an
incremental filesystem backup.
/etc/bkup/bkhist.tab
lists the labels of all volumes that have been used for
backup operations.
/etc/bkup/rsstatus.tab
tracks the status of all restore requests from users.
/etc/bkup/bklog lists errors generated by the backup methods and the
backup command.
/etc/bkup/rslog logs errors generated by the restore methods and the
restore command.
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$TMP/filelist$$ temporarily stores a table of contents for a backup
archive.
SEE ALSO
backup(1M), bkoper(1M) cpio(1), cpio(4), device.tab(4), fdp(1), ff(1M),
ffile(1), fimage(1), getvol(1M), incfile(1), labelit(1M), libbrmeth(3),
ls(1), restore(1M), rsoper(1M), time(2)
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