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1.1     ! root        1: .TH BACKUP 8
        !             2: .CT 1 sa_nonmortals
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: backup \- backup client administration
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B /usr/lib/backup/sel
        !             7: .PP
        !             8: .B /usr/lib/backup/fcheck
        !             9: .I maxsize
        !            10: .I maxdays
        !            11: .I files ...
        !            12: .PP
        !            13: .B /usr/lib/backup/act
        !            14: [
        !            15: .I stat
        !            16: ]
        !            17: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            18: These programs select and back up files
        !            19: to the incremental file backup system,
        !            20: .IR backup (1).
        !            21: .PP
        !            22: .I Sel
        !            23: prints on the standard output
        !            24: a list of filenames that might need to be backed up.
        !            25: The initial version
        !            26: picks out files that have been changed in the past few days,
        !            27: skipping huge files
        !            28: and eliding boring names like
        !            29: .BR core .
        !            30: .I Sel
        !            31: is a shell script;
        !            32: the local administrator is expected to customize it.
        !            33: .PP
        !            34: .I Fcheck
        !            35: is a fast,
        !            36: specialized file scanning program,
        !            37: used by
        !            38: .IR sel .
        !            39: It examines each of the
        !            40: .IR files ,
        !            41: descending into directories,
        !            42: and prints the name of each file
        !            43: that has been changed in the last
        !            44: .I maxdays
        !            45: days and is smaller than
        !            46: .I maxsize
        !            47: kilobytes.
        !            48: Symbolic links are followed when presented as arguments,
        !            49: examined but not followed otherwise.
        !            50: .PP
        !            51: .I Act
        !            52: reads a list of filenames from the standard input.
        !            53: It searches the backup database
        !            54: .IR backup (5)
        !            55: for the current version of each file,
        !            56: and backs up files that aren't registered.
        !            57: .PP
        !            58: By default,
        !            59: .I act
        !            60: sends errors by
        !            61: .IR mail (1)
        !            62: to user
        !            63: .BR backup .
        !            64: If the
        !            65: .I stat
        !            66: argument is non-empty,
        !            67: errors and additional comforting chatter
        !            68: are printed on the standard output instead.
        !            69: .PP
        !            70: One way to request automatic backups is to run
        !            71: .IP
        !            72: .L
        !            73: /usr/lib/backup/sel | /usr/lib/backup/act
        !            74: .LP
        !            75: regularly from
        !            76: .IR cron (8).
        !            77: Particular files may be backed up by hand at any time
        !            78: by running
        !            79: .I act
        !            80: with a list of filenames.
        !            81: There are no special permissions involved;
        !            82: any user may run
        !            83: .IR act .
        !            84: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            85: .IR backup (1),
        !            86: .IR backup (5)
        !            87: .br
        !            88: A. Hume, `The File Motel: An Owner's Manual',
        !            89: this manual,
        !            90: Volume 2

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