STOREBACKUPSEARCH(1)

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💖 STOREBACKUPSEARCH 💖

okay bestie so this is storeBackupSearch.pl, and it lives in the User Contributed Perl Documentation corner of the manual, section 1. it's the little script that goes and finds all the different versions of a file you saved with storeBackup.pl. like a truffle pig but for backups 🐷✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

storeBackupSearch.pl — locates different versions of a file saved with storeBackup.pl. that's it, that's the whole job, and it does it iconically 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

you can run it one of two ways, and honestly both are giving main character:

storeBackupSearch.pl -g configFile

storeBackupSearch.pl -b backupDirDir [-f configFile]
      [-s rule]  [--absPath] [-w file] [--parJobs number]
      [-d level] [--once] [--print] [-T tmpdir] [backupRoot . . .]

first form? just generating a config file. second form? the real search era begins 🦋

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

heads up babes: you need some basic understanding of linux and perl to use this. it's not gatekeeping, it's just the vibe check you gotta pass before the fun starts. no cap 🌈

👑 OPTIONS 👑

every single flag, in all its glory, no skips, no shortcuts. periodt.

  • --generate, -g — generate a config file. fresh config, handcrafted, custom fit 🎀
  • --print — print the configuration read from the configuration file and then stop. like, that's it, we're done here, no searching today 🛑
  • --configFile, -f — configuration file. use it instead of the parameters or additionally to them, your call bestie 💖
  • --backupDir, -b — top level directory of all backups. the mothership of backup directories 🛸
  • --searchRule, -s — rule for searching. see the README, section 'including / excluding files and directories' — it's all laid out there 🔍
  • --absPath, -a — write result with absolute path names. full paths, no half measures ✨
  • --writeToFile, -w — write search result also to file. so you get it on screen and in a file, double slay 💾
  • --parJobs, -p — number of parallel jobs, default = chosen automatically. multitasking queen behavior 👑
  • --debug, -d — debug level, possible values are 0, 1, 2, default = 0. crank it up if things get weird 🔥
  • --once, -o — show every file found only once (depending on md5 sum). no duplicates, we're not doing that 🙈
  • --tmpdir, -T — directory for temporary files, default is </tmp>. temp files gotta live somewhere 🏠
  • backupRoot — root directories of backups where to search, relative to backupDir. if no directories are specified, all backups below backupDir are chosen. the whole squad gets searched 🌈
side note bestie: that -b / --backupDir one wants the top level directory of all backups. don't come at it with a single backup dir, it will simply not understand 💀

Copyright (c) 2008-2022 by Heinz-Josef Claes (see README). Published under the GNU General Public License v3 or any later version. legal icon behavior fr fr 📜✨

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this page was served up by perl v5.40.1, dated 2026-05-23, and it's still in the STOREBACKUPSEARCH(1) section til the end of time 💖 no cap, periodt 🌸

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