NAME

plakar-archive — Create an archive from a Plakar snapshot

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The plakar archive command creates an archive of the given type from the contents at path of a specified Plakar snapshot, or all the files if no path is given.

The options are as follows:

-format type

Specify the archive format. Supported formats are:

tar

Creates a tar file.

tarball

Creates a compressed tar.gz file.

zip

Creates a zip archive.

-output pathname

Specify the output path for the archive file. If omitted, the archive is created with a default name based on the current date and time.

-rebase

Strip the leading path from archived files, useful for creating "flat" archives without nested directories.

EXAMPLES

Create a tarball of the entire snapshot:

$ plakar archive -output backup.tar.gz -format tarball abc123

Create a zip archive of a specific directory within a snapshot:

$ plakar archive -output dir.zip -format zip abc123:/var/www

Archive with rebasing to remove directory structure:

$ plakar archive -rebase -format tar abc123

DIAGNOSTICS

The plakar-archive utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

0

Command completed successfully.

>0

An error occurred, such as unsupported format, missing files, or permission issues.

SEE ALSO

plakar(1), plakar-backup(1)