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7.TH check-bkp-status 8 "16 January 2014" rsync-backup
8.SH NAME
9check-bkp-status \- write backup report
10.SH SYNOPSIS
11.B check-bkp-status
12.RB [ \-v ]
13.RB [ \-c
14.IR config-file ]
15.RB [ \-f
16.IR format ]
17.SH DESCRIPTION
18The
19.B check-bkp-status
20script writes to its standard output a report about the current backup
21status by checking the index database and logfiles written by
22.BR rsync-backup (8).
23.PP
24The following command-line options are recognized.
25.TP
26.B \-h
27Show a brief help message for the program, and exit successfully.
28.TP
29.B \-V
30Show
31.BR check-bkp-status 's
32version number and some choice pieces of build-time configuration, and
33exit successfully.
34.TP
35.BI "\-c " conf
36Read
37.I conf
38instead of the default configuration file (shown as
39.B conf
40in the
41.B \-V
42output).
43.TP
44.BI "\-f " format
45Write output in
46.IR format ,
47which may be
48.B txt
49for plain text output, suitable for email, or
50.B html
51for HTML output, suitable for use as a web page.
52.TP
53.B \-v
54Write information for all backups, rather than just those which failed.
55By default, if all backups are up-to-date, then no output is produced at
56all.
57.SH SEE ALSO
58.BR rsync-backup (8).
59.SH AUTHOR
60Mark Wooding, <mdw@distorted.org.uk>