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| author | bescoto <bescoto@2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109> | 2004-01-29 02:28:06 +0000 |
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| committer | bescoto <bescoto@2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109> | 2004-01-29 02:28:06 +0000 |
| commit | bf2c5668024ab586e07b0e83ed1b731560977ddd (patch) | |
| tree | 8a079549e757d2cddfeb4fe577a659161a03f20c /rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 | |
| parent | a64c39a160a1c14d200695331fee3efb40fe05ae (diff) | |
| download | rdiff-backup-bf2c5668024ab586e07b0e83ed1b731560977ddd.tar.gz | |
First attempt at --compare switch (untested).
git-svn-id: http://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/svn/rdiff-backup/trunk@512 2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109
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diff --git a/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 b/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 index eea7d15..d749c17 100644 --- a/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 +++ b/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup.1 @@ -75,6 +75,15 @@ option on the destination dir will undo the failed directory. This happens automatically if you attempt to back up to a directory and the last backup failed. .TP +.B --compare +This is equivalent to +.BI '--compare-at-time " now" ' +.TP +.BI "--compare-at-time " time +Compare a directory with the backup set at the given time. This can +be useful to see how archived data differs from current data, or to +check that a backup is current. +.TP .BI "--current-time " seconds This option is useful mainly for testing. If set, rdiff-backup will it for the current time instead of consulting the clock. The argument |