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.TH check-bkp-status 8 "16 January 2014" rsync-backup
.SH NAME
check-bkp-status \- write backup report
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B check-bkp-status
.RB [ \-v ]
.RB [ \-c
.IR config-file ]
.RB [ \-f
.IR format ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B check-bkp-status
script writes to its standard output a report about the current backup
status by checking the index database and logfiles written by
.BR rsync-backup (8).
.PP
The following command-line options are recognized.
.TP
.B \-h
Show a brief help message for the program, and exit successfully.
.TP
.B \-V
Show
.BR check-bkp-status 's
version number and some choice pieces of build-time configuration, and
exit successfully.
.TP
.BI "\-c " conf
Read
.I conf
instead of the default configuration file (shown as
.B conf
in the
.B \-V
output).
.TP
.BI "\-f " format
Write output in
.IR format ,
which may be
.B txt
for plain text output, suitable for email, or
.B html
for HTML output, suitable for use as a web page.
.TP
.B \-v
Write information for all backups, rather than just those which failed.
By default, if all backups are up-to-date, then no output is produced at
all.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR rsync-backup (8).
.SH AUTHOR
Mark Wooding, <mdw@distorted.org.uk>