5 \h'-\w'\fB\\$1\ \fP'u'\fB\\$1\ \fP\c
7 .TH update-bkp-index 8 "25 January 2013" rsync-backup
9 update-bkp-index \- create or update the rsync-backup index database
13 program can maintain an index database which keeps track of which dumps
14 are on which backup volumes.
18 program updates this database from the currently mounted backup volume,
19 creating or upgrading it if necessary.
21 The program ignores any command-line arguments it's given, but it makes
22 use of a number of environment variables.
25 The name of a SQLite database initialized by
26 .BR update-bkp-index (8)
27 in which an index is maintained of which dumps are on which backup
28 volumes. If the file doesn't exist, then no index is maintained. The
30 .IB localstatedir /lib/bkp/index.db
33 is the state directory configured at build time.
36 The metadata directory for the currently mounted backup volume.
41 is the backup mount directory configured at build time.
44 Where the actual backup trees should be stored. See the section on
51 is the backup mount directory configured at build time.
54 The name of the current volume. The default is to read this from the
57 once at the start of the backup run.
61 Mark Wooding, <mdw@distorted.org.uk>