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💖 storeBackupMergeIsolatedBackup.pl(1) — the group chat guide 💖

okay bestie, so this is storeBackupMergeIsolatedBackup.pl from the User Contributed Perl Documentation, and it's basically the "bring my isolated baby back home" script. No cap. Let me tell you everything. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

storeBackupMergeIsolatedBackup.pl — copy isolated backups to main one. That's the whole vibe, that's the assignment. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

(she's quiet here, iconic of her, the real tea is down in SYNOPSIS 💀)

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

Two ways to run this, depending on whether you got a config file or not. Pick your fighter. 👑

based on configuration file:

storeBackupMergeIsolatedBackup.pl -f isolateConfigFile [-v] [--move]
                                  [--force] [-T tmpdir]

no configuration file:

storeBackupSetupIsolatedMode.pl -i isolateBackupDir -b backupDir
                                [-S series] [-v] [--move] [--force]
                                [-T tmpdir]

like okay yes, in the "no configuration file" version it's literally calling storeBackupSetupIsolatedMode.pl, that's what the page says, I don't make the rules, I just report them fr fr. 📋

⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

every single one, no skips, we eat the whole plate 🍓

  • --configFile, -f — the configuration file used for isolated mode, and it's generated for you by storeBackupSetupIsolatedMode.pl. It's got a key in there called "mergeBackupDir" and that key points to your main backup directory. that's the whole point of it. 🫶
  • --isolateBackupDir, -i — the isolated backup directory, aka the one where meta data has to be copied from, and it's going to backupDir. so this is the source, she's giving. 💅
  • --backupDir, -b — the backup directory your backup data has to be copied to (your main backup directory). And lowkey important: this is the directory that storeBackupSetupIsolatedMode.pl copied the meta data from when it pushed it into your isolated backup directory. full circle, bestie. 🔄
  • --series, -S — the series whose meta data have to be copied to targetDir. You have to specify this if more than one series exists in backupDir. it's giving "required but only sometimes" energy, classic. 😭
  • --verbose, -v — generate verbose messages. she talks more. we love a chatty queen. 🗣️✨
  • --move — move instead of copy. fairy godmother behaviour. but heads up: this is only supported if isolatedBackupDir and backupDir are on the same filesystem. otherwise, no. not happening. 💀
  • --force — force copying; do not finally ask. no more "are you sure," we're just doing it. main character energy only. 🔥
  • --tmpdir, -T — directory for temporary files, and the default is </tmp>. yes those angle brackets are literally there in the original, I'm not editing her, I'm respecting her. 🙈

Copyright (c) 2012-2022 by Heinz-Josef Claes (see README). Published under the GNU General Public License v3 or any later version. 🫡 legal queen, we appreciate you.

quick vibe check before you go: <pink>--move</pink> is the one that can bite you if the two dirs live on different filesystems, and <purple>--series</purple> has to show up when backupDir has more than one series. everything else is just smooth sailing. 🧚

k byeeee 💖✨ this page was perl v5.40.1, dated 2026-05-23, delivered to you by User Contributed Perl Documentation. mwah. 🎀🦋💜

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