23 Files and directories

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Here are the files and directories used by tbackup.

23.1 Directories

/usr/lib/tbackup/ : tbackup directory

/usr/lib/tbackup/examples/ : contains sample configuration files

/usr/lib/tbackup/bin/ : contains files for internal use by tbackup

/etc/tbackup/ : contains configuration files

/tmp/tbup/ : directory for small temporary files

/tmp/bulkdir/ : default directory for temporary storage of floppy contents

23.2 Configuration files

/etc/tbackup/Config : tbackup configuration file. Contains location of directory for temporary storage of floppy contents, default directory for index files, and compression factor parameters for afio.

/etc/tbackup/*.set : directory set descriptions

/etc/tbackup/Compr.ext : holds compressed file extensions for afio

/etc/tbackup/tbackup.dea : default settings for tbackup

/etc/tbackup/trestore.dea : default settings for trestore

/etc/tbackup/tlist.dea : default settings for tlist

/etc/tbackup/tverify.dea : default settings for tverify

/etc/tbackup/tguess.dea : default settings for tguess

/etc/tbackup/*.arg : scripts implementing command line arguments.

/etc/tbackup/Floppy : holds floppy drive configuration

/etc/tbackup/allpars : output file of tbackup pars, trestore pars, tlist pars, tverify pars or tguess pars.

23.3 Log and index files

/etc/tbackup/*.log : directory set logfiles that contain the dates of previous backups of a set.

indexdir/backup.idx.number : default index file name for backups

indexdir/setname.idx.number : default index file name for backups of a directory set.

number is determined by looking for existing (compressed) index files in indexdir, taking the highest existing number plus one.

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