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rfs

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NAME

rfs - a shell script for creating and updating a local spare system disk.

SYNOPSIS

rfs [-D] [-f] [-v] device1 device2

rfs -V

rfs -h

DESCRIPTION

rfs is a shell script for creating and updating a local spare system disk. The main goal is to recover a working system after a crash quickly. In this case, "quickly" means the time it takes to reboot the machine.

OPTIONS


-D: debug mode
-V: prints version
-f: force mode, don't ask for confirmation
-h: this help
-v: verbose mode.

EXAMPLES

clone /dev/hda on /dev/hdb :: rfs /dev/hda /dev/hdb

clone /dev/hda on /dev/hdb - batch mode (no user input) :: rfs -f /dev/hda /dev/hdb

clone /dev/hda on /dev/hdb - verbose mode :: rfs -v /dev/hda /dev/hdb

clone /dev/hda on /dev/hdb - debug mode (e.g. for submitting a bug report):: rfs -f -v -D /dev/hda /dev/hdb 2>&1 | tee /tmp/rfs.log
clone /dev/hda on /dev/hdb excepted some directories of your choice :: export RFS_EXCLUDE="/tmp /var/www" ; rfs /dev/hda /dev/hdb

EXIT STATUS

rfs returns a zero exit status if it succeeds, and 1 if it fails.

ENVIRONMENT

RFS_EXCLUDE a space-separated list of files and/or directories not to be cloned.

VERSION

This man page documents rfs version <version>.

CREDITS

rfs is distributed under the General Public License. See file COPYING for details.

home page : http://eric.gerbier.free.fr/rfs/

AUTHORS

Nicolas Jouanne (nicolas. ( DOT ) jouanne ( AT ) free ( DOT ) fr)

Eric Gerbier (gerbier ( AT ) users.sourceforge ( DOT ) net)

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