dedup

deduplicating backup program
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commit 40ea72e15035e85c7184d9d12ee572a6bee59034
parent c4e0f4508d3e6a0c3d526fec5b0cf42df735da63
Author: sin <sin@2f30.org>
Date:   Sun,  5 May 2019 20:53:42 +0100

Rework manpages

Diffstat:
Mdup-check.1 | 12+++++++++---
Mdup-keygen.1 | 10++++++----
Mdup-pack.1 | 4++--
Mdup-rm.1 | 4++--
Mdup-unpack.1 | 4++--
5 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dup-check.1 b/dup-check.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.Dd May 2, 2019 +.Dd May 5, 2019 .Dt DUP-CHECK 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -12,13 +12,19 @@ .Ar name .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm -checks that a snapshot is internally consistent. +performs an internal consistency check on a +snapshot with the given +.Ar name . +This is done by recalculating the hash of +all blocks contained in the snapshot and checking +whether the recorded hash of each block matches the +actual hash. .Sh OPTIONS .Bl -tag -width "-k keyfile" .It Fl k Ar keyfile Path to encryption key. .It Fl r Ar repo -Repository directory. +Path to the dedup repository. By default the current working directory is used. .It Fl v Enable verbose mode. diff --git a/dup-keygen.1 b/dup-keygen.1 @@ -1,17 +1,19 @@ -.Dd May 2, 2019 +.Dd May 5, 2019 .Dt DUP-KEYGEN 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm dup-keygen -.Nd Generate dedup encryption key +.Nd Generate dedup secret key .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm dup-keygen .Op Fl v .Ar keyfile .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm -generates a 256-bit encryption key file. -This key is used when operating on an encrypted dedup repository. +generates a 256-bit secret key and stores it in the file specified by +.Ar keyfile . +The key can then be used to initialize an encrypted dedup repository using +.Xr dup-init 1 . .Sh OPTIONS .Bl -tag -width "keyfile" .It Fl v diff --git a/dup-pack.1 b/dup-pack.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.Dd May 2, 2019 +.Dd May 5, 2019 .Dt DUP-PACK 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ should be used and piped into .It Fl k Ar keyfile Path to encryption key. .It Fl r Ar repo -Repository directory. +Path to the dedup repository. By default the current working directory is used. .It Fl v Enable verbose mode. diff --git a/dup-rm.1 b/dup-rm.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.Dd May 2, 2019 +.Dd May 5, 2019 .Dt DUP-RM 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ removes the snapshot specified by .It Fl k Ar keyfile Path to encryption key. .It Fl r Ar repo -Repository directory. +Path to the dedup repository. By default the current working directory is used. .It Fl v Enable verbose mode. diff --git a/dup-unpack.1 b/dup-unpack.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.Dd May 2, 2019 +.Dd May 5, 2019 .Dt DUP-UNPACK 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from the dedup repository and writes the data to stdout. .It Fl k Ar keyfile Path to encryption key. .It Fl r Ar repo -Repository directory. +Path to the dedup repository. By default the current working directory is used. .It Fl v Enable verbose mode.