run things on a remote machine:
prefix <prefix-name> <command-part>
Other lines should be of the form
- <directory name> <backup-type>
- for local backups, or
- <directory name> <backup-type> <prefix-name>
+ [<device name>:]<directory name> <backup-type>[,<options>]
+ for local backups, or
+ [<device name>:]<directory name> <backup-type>[,<options>] <prefix-name>
for remote backups.
The file (including any included files) must end with the word 'end'
on a line of its own.
Valid values for <backup-type> are `cpio' (uses cpio to produce
tar-format backups), `dump' (uses dump to dump entire filesystems;
-<directory name> should be a mount-point for this), and `zafio' (uses
-afio to compress each file as it is backed up). Only `dump' type
-backups perform incremental backups.
+<directory name> should be a mount-point for this), `zafio' (uses afio
+to compress each file as it is backed up), and `ntfsimage' (for NTFS
+volumes, requires device name). Only `dump' type backups perform
+incremental backups.
+
+<options> is a comma-separated list of <option> or <option>=<value>.
+The only currently support options are gz[i][=<compressionlevel>], to
+indicate that the whole stream should be compressed with gzip. The
+compression level defaults to 1 if gz is specified by the level isn't.
+gzi appliies only to the incrementals; gz applies to both unless gzi
+is also specified. compression level 0 means not to run gzip at all
+and is the default if gz[i] is not mentioned.
expected-diffs is a config file to indicate which
filesystems should *not* be backed up. The scripts do a config