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.TH BACKUP.CONF 5 "3 January 2002"
.SH NAME
backup.conf \- Backup Configuration File Format
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Backup.conf
is divided into five sections used to specify backup batches, user menus,
backup methods, verify methods and hardware devices. In addition,
.I backup.conf
may contain blank lines and lines prefixed with the hash character; these
lines are ignored.
.PP
Backup batches are specified as follows:
.br
.nf
\fBbackup: \fIbackupid runhost source method\fR
.br
.fi
.PP
.I backupid
is the backup batch id. This should be short since it not only associates
several backups into one batch, but is also entered by the user at run time
to specify which backup batch to run. Where a backup batch comprises more 
than one backup, multiple backup lines should be specified, all sharing a
common 
.I backupid\fR.
.PP
.I runhost
is the name of the machine as returned by 
.I uname\fR(1)
on which the specified backup batch can be run.
User menus are specified as follows:
.br
.nf
\fBchoice: \fIbackupid description\fR
.br
.fi
where 
.I backupid
is simply the user input required to start the described backup, and
.I description
.br
.ne 5
.SH FILES
.TP 25
.B \*[backup_etc_prefix]/backup.conf
default backup configuration file.
.br
.ne 5
backup(8)
.br
.ne 5
.SH AUTHOR
ADE_APP_TOKEN_AUTHOR_NAME <ADE_APP_TOKEN_AUTHOR_EMAIL>
.br
.ne 5
.SH COPYRIGHT & DISTRIBUTION POLICY
Copyright (C) 1998-2002 ADE_APP_TOKEN_AUTHOR_NAME
.PP
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
.PP
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
.PP
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.