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Required Options |
-n archive-name |
The value of this flag is
the name of the archive. The archive-name you specify is the
value of the content_name keyword. |
Option for Compression |
-c |
Compresses the archive by using compress(1). |
Options
for Directories and Sizes |
-R root |
Creates the archive from the file system tree
that begins at the file system specified by root. If you do
not specify this option, flarcreate creates an archive from a file system that begins
at the root (/) file system. |
-S |
Omits sizing information in the archive. |
-H |
Does not
generate the hash identifier. |
Options for Creating a Differential Archive |
-A unchanged-master-image-dir |
Creates a differential
archive by comparing a new system image with the image that is specified
by the unchanged-master-image-dir argument. By default, the new system image is root ( /).
You can change the default with the -R option. unchanged-master-image-dir is a directory
where the unchanged master system image is stored or mounted through UFS, NFS,
or lumount. You can modify the effects of file selection for a differential
archive by using the options for contents selection described in the next section of
the table. |
-M |
Excludes the manifest file. When you use this option, no validation occurs
on the differential archive. When creating a differential archive, flarcreate creates a
long list of the files in the system that are unchanged, are changed,
and are to be deleted from the archive. This list is stored in
the manifest section of the archive. When the differential archive is deployed, the
software uses this list to perform a file-by-file check, ensuring the integrity of
the clone system. Use of this option avoids such a check and saves
the space that is used by the manifest section in a differential archive.
However, you must consider the savings in time and disk space against the
loss of an integrity check upon installation. Because no validation occurs, avoid using
this option. |
Options for Contents Selection |
 | Caution - Use the flarcreate file-exclusion options with caution. If you
exclude some directories, others that you were unaware of might be left in
the archive, such as system configuration files. The system would then be inconsistent
and the installation would not work. Excluding directories and files is best used
with data that can easily be removed without disrupting the system, such as
large data files.
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-y include-dir/filename |
Adds to the archive those files and directories
that are specified on the command line. This option is used when you
have excluded a directory, but want to restore individual subdirectories or files. include-dir/filename is
the name of the subdirectory or file to be included. |
-f list-filename |
Adds
files and directories from a list to the archive. list-filename is the
full path to a file that contains a list. The contents of the
file are added to the file list unless -F is specified.
The list-filename file must contain one file per line. If you specify a file system with -R root, the path to each file must be relative to the alternate root directory or an absolute path. If filename is “-”, flarcreate reads standard input as the list of files. When you use the value “-”, the archive size is not calculated.
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-F |
Uses
only the files in -f list-filename to create the archive. This option makes
the -f list-filename the absolute list, rather than a list that is
appended to the normal file list. |
-x exclude-dir/filename |
Excludes files and directories from
the archive. These files and directories are specified at the command line. You
can use multiple instances of this option to exclude more than one file
or directory. exclude-dir/filename is the name of the directory or file to be excluded.
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-X list-filename |
Excludes a list of files or directories from the archive.
list-filename is the full path to a file that contains the list.
The list-filename file must contain one file per line. If you specify a file system with -R root, the path to each file must be relative to the alternate root directory or an absolute path. If list-filename is “-”, flarcreate reads standard input as the list of files. When you use the value “-”, the archive size is not calculated.
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-z
list-filename |
Excludes or includes a list of files or directories from the
archive. Each file or directory in the list is noted with a plus
“+” or minus “-”. A plus indicates an included file or directory and the
minus indicates an excluded file or directory. list-filename is the full path to
a file that contains the list.
The list-filename file must contain one file per line. If you specify a file system with -R root, the path to each file must be relative to the alternate root directory or an absolute path.
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-I |
Override the integrity check. To prevent you
from excluding important system files from an archive, flarcreate runs an integrity check. This
check examines all files that are registered in a system package database and
stops archive creation if any of them are excluded. Use of this option
overrides this integrity check. Therefore, avoid the use of the -I option. |
Options
for Splitting and Merging Archives |
-d dir |
Retrieves the sections to copy from dir, rather
than from the current directory. |
-u section |
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-f archive |
Extracts the archive section into a
directory that is named archive, rather than placing it in a file
with the name archive. Used for splitting an archive. |
-S section |
Only copies the section
that is named section from the archive. This section is user defined. Used
for splitting an archive. |
Option Used To Copy Files (Archive) |
-L pax |
The cpio utility
is the default copy method. If you have large individual files, the -L pax
option uses the pax utility to create an archive without limitations on
individual file sizes. Individual file sizes can be greater than 4 GB. |
Options Used
With User-Defined Sections |
-u section |
Includes section as a user-defined section. To include more
than one user-defined section, section must be a space-separated list of section names. |
-d
dir |
Retrieves the section file that is specified with -u from dir. |
Options Used
With Tape Archives |
-t |
Creates an archive on a tape device. The
filename argument is the name of the tape device. |
-p posn |
Use only with
the -t option. Specifies the position on the tape device for flarcreate to
store the archive. If you do not use this option, flarcreate places
the archive at the current position of the tape. |
-b blocksize |
Specifies the block
size flarcreate uses when creating the archive. If you do not specify
a block size, flarcreate uses the default block size of 64 KB. |
Options for
Archive Identification These keywords and values appear in the archive identification section of the
archive. |
-U key=val |
Includes user-defined keywords and values in the archive identification section. |
-i date |
Uses date
as the value for the creation_date keyword. If you do not specify
a date, flarcreate uses the current system time and date. |
-m master |
Uses master as
the name of the master system on which you created the archive. master
is the value for the creation_master keyword. If you do not specify master, flarcreate
uses the system name that is reported by uname -n. |
-e descr |
Uses descr for
the value of the content_description keyword. You cannot use this option
when you use the -E option. |
-E descr-file |
Retrieves the value for the content_description
keyword from the descr-file file. You cannot use this option when you
use the -e option. |
-a author |
Uses author as the author name in the
archive identification section. author is the value for the content_author keyword. If you
do not specify an author, flarcreate does not include the content_author keyword in
the archive identification section. |
-T type |
Uses type as the value for the content_type
keyword. type is user defined. If you do not specify a type, flarcreate
does not include the content_type keyword. |
