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SMBTAR(1)							     SMBTAR(1)

NAME
       smbtar  -  shell script for backing up SMB shares directly to UNIX tape
       drive

SYNOPSIS
       smbtar -s server [ -p password ] [ -x service ] [ -X ] [ -d directory ]
       [  -u user ] [ -t tape ] [ -b blocksize ] [ -N filename ] [ -i ] [ -r ]
       [ -l log level ] [ -v ] filenames...

DESCRIPTION
       This program is an extension to the Samba suite.

       smbtar is a very small shell script on top of  smbclient,  which	 dumps
       SMB shares directly to tape.

OPTIONS
       -s server
	  The PC that the share resides upon.

       -x service
	  The share name on the PC to connect to. Default: backup.

       -X
	  Exclude mode. Exclude filenames...  from tar create or restore.

       -d directory
	  Change to initial directory before restoring / backing up files.

       -v
	  Verbose mode.

       -p password

	  The password to use to access a share. Default: none

       -u user
	  The user id to connect as. Default: UNIX login name.

       -t tape
	  Tape	device.	 May  be  regular  file	 or tape device. Default: Tape
	  environmental variable; if not set, a file called tar.out.

       -b blocksize
	  Blocking  factor.  Defaults  to  20.	See  tar(1)   for   a	fuller
	  explanation.

       -N filename
	  Backup  only	files newer than filename. Could be used (for example)
	  on a log file to implement incremental backups.

       -i
	  Incremental mode; tar files are only backed  up  if  they  have  the
	  archive bit set. The archive bit is reset after each file is read.

       -r
	  Restore. Files are restored to the share from the tar file.

       -l log level
	  Log (debug) level. Corresponds to -d flag of smbclient(1).

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       The TAPE variable specifies the default tape device to write to. May be
       overidden with the -t option.

BUGS
       The smbtar script has different	options	 from  ordinary	 tar  and  tar
       called from smbclient.

CAVEATS
       Sites  that  are	 more  careful about security may not like the way the
       script handles PC passwords. Backup and restore work on entire  shares,
       should work on file lists.

VERSION
       This man page is correct for version 1.9.15p8 of the Samba suite.

SEE ALSO
       smbclient(8), smb.conf(8)

DIAGNOSTICS
       See diagnostics for smbclient command.

CREDITS
       The  original  Samba  software  and  related  utilities were created by
       Andrew  Tridgell	 (samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au).	 Andrew	 is  also  the
       Keeper of the Source for this project.

       Ricky  Poulten (poultenr@logica.co.uk) wrote the tar extension and this
       man page. The smbtar script  was	 heavily  rewritten  and  improved  by
       Martin Kraemer <Martin.Kraemer@mch.sni.de>. Many thanks to everyone who
       suggested extensions, improvements, bug fixes, etc.

       See smb.conf(5) for a full list of contributors and details of  how  to
       submit bug reports, comments etc.

smbtar				    smbtar			     SMBTAR(1)

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