Running options

The polyarchiv command requires exactly one argument, that can be:

• config: display the current configuration and loaded configuration files,
• backup: backup all required data,
• restore: restore backuped data,
• plugins: display all available plugins and their respective help.

There are some optional arguments, mainly for backup operations:

• -C: change the configuration directory,
• -v or –verbose: display more information (useful for backups or the plugins),
• –log-file: write a log file with all commands and their results
• -f or –force (only for backups): force the backup, even if the last backup is recent enough (see the frequency option),
• -n or –nrpe (only for backups): display a Nagios-like output (and the appropriate exit code),
• -D or –dry (backup or restore): do not perform any write operation (can lead to errors if a read action requires a previous write),
• –show-commands (backup or restore): display all actions as a Bash command,
• –confirm-commands (backup or restore): ask the user to confirm each command
• –only-collect-points (backup or restore): only apply to the collect points with these tags (can be used several times, and ? or * jokers are valid)
• –only-backup-points (backup or restore): only apply to the backup points with these tags (can be used several times, and ? or * jokers are valid)
• –skip-collect (backup only): skip the collect step during a backup
• –skip-backup (backup only): skip the backup step during a backup