1 
  2 Afio has far too many options to be used directly from the command
  3 line, it is best used as an `archive engine' in a backup
  4 script.
  5 
  6 
  7 1) Using an existing script.
  8 
  9 There are a number of backup scripts using afio that I know of.
 10 Apart from incorporating the functions of afio, such scripts offer
 11 some general `administrative structure' like backup volumes, file
 12 exclusion, log files and incremental backup facilities.
 13 
 14 The available scripts have some large differences in the type of
 15 backup device they were primarily designed for (from floppy to network
 16 attached tape), the amount of maintenance done on them, and presumably
 17 the amount of remaining bugs.
 18 
 19 To find scripts, search the Linux Software Map, a Linux ftp site, or a
 20 Linux CD-ROM.  See for example the /pub/linux/system/backup directory
 21 on sunsite.unc.edu. Some .lsm file excerpts are below.
 22 
 23 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 24 Title:          KBackup - Karsten's Backup System
 25 Primary-site:   sunsite.unc.edu /pub/linux/system/Backup
 26                         767678  KBackup-1.2.9.tar.gz
 27 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 28 Title        = backup: scripts for full and incremental afio backups
 29 Site1        = beatrix.icce.rug.nl (primary site)
 30 Path1        = pub/unix
 31 File1        = backup-1.03.tar.gz, backup.doc, backup.lsm
 32 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 33 Title:          Cbkp
 34 Primary-site:   sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Backup/cbkp-0.1.2.tar.gz
 35 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 36 Title:          ftpbackup utility: backup to/restore from ftp server
 37 Primary-site:   sunsite.unc.edu /put/Linux/Incoming
 38 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 39 Title        = Tbackup
 40 Site3        = sunsite.unc.edu
 41 Path3        = /pub/Linux/system/Backup
 42 File3        = tbackup-0.8.tgz
 43 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 44 Title:          tob: Tape Oriented Backup
 45 Primary-site:   ftp.icce.rug.nl: /pub/unix/tob-X.YY.tar.gz
 46 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 47 
 48 
 49 2) Writing your own backup script. (Or adapting an existing one.)
 50 
 51 Aside from the manual page, the files README.afio, README.linux,
 52 and script*/* provide information for script writers.
 53 
 54 Three sample backup scripts are included with this afio release.  The
 55 material in script1/ is written by Andrew Stevens, that in script2/ by
 56 Dave Gymer, that in script5/ by Gens Getreu.  All scripts will
 57 probably need some editing to run on your configuration.
 58 
 59 Sample scripts for backups with pgp encryption are included in
 60 script3/.  There were contributed by Karsten Ballueder.
 61 
 62 Sample scripts for backups with GnuPG (gpg) encryption are also
 63 included in script3/.  There were contributed by Jens Getreu.
 64 
 65 A sample script for use with the -H option is included in
 66 script4/. This script was provided by Raphael Manfredi.
 67