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'tbku' is a utility script for producing "tarball" backups of some- or
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all of your files. It is useful both for producing incremental backups
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or for systemwide images or "snapshots". The script can be run either
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from the command line or, more typically, as a cron job to automate
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system backup tasks.
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The central benefit of using 'tbku' over hand written tar commands is
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that 'tbku' is "table driven". You specify the set of files to back up
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in a table (a separate file). You can have as many of these "filesets"
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as you wish, corresponding to different kinds of backups you want
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done. 'tbku' will do backups automatically or manually, based on the
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name of the "fileset". This considerably simplifies automating
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backups, keeping backup logs, and generally maintaining an orderly
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backup environment.
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'tbku' can also be used to capture system images which can then
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later be used to (re)provision other machines.
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