bedup(8)bedupbedup(8)NAMEbedup - program for deduplication program with additional knowledge of
burp
SYNOPSISbedup [options]
A file deduplication program with additional knowledge of burp storage
directories. This program comes with the burp backup and restore pack‐
age.
OPTIONS-c path
Path to config file (default: /etc/burp/burp.conf).
-g <list of group names>
Only run on the directories of clients that are in one of the
groups specified. The list is comma-separated. To put a client
in a group, use the 'dedup_group' option in the client configu‐
ration file on the server.
-h|-? Print help text and exit.
-d Delete any duplicate files found. (non-burp mode only, use with
caution!)
-l Hard link any duplicate files found.
-m <number>
Maximum number of hard links to a single file. (non-burp mode
only - in burp mode, use the max_hardlinks option in the config‐
uration file) The default is 10000. On ext3, the maximum number
of links possible is 32000, but space is needed for the normal
operation of burp.
-n <list of directories>
Non-burp mode. Deduplicate any (set of) directories.
-v Print duplicate paths. Useful if you want to double check the
files that would be hard linked or deleted before running with
one of those options turned on.
-V Print version and exit.
By default, bedup will read /etc/burp/burp.conf and deduplicate client
storage directories using special knowledge of the structure.
With '-n', this knowledge is turned off and you have to specify the
directories to deduplicate on the command line. Running with '-n' is
therefore dangerous if you are deduplicating burp storage directories.
BUGS
If you find bugs, please report them to the email list. See the website
<http://burp.grke.net/> for details.
AUTHOR
The main author of Burp is Graham Keeling.
COPYRIGHT
See the LICENCE file included with the source distribution.
February 10, 2012 bedup(8)
