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Required Options
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-n archive_name
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The value of this flag is the name of the archive. The archive_name you specify is the value of the content_name keyword.
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Option for Compression
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-c
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Compresses the archive by using compress(1).
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Options for Directories and Sizes
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-R root
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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.
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-S
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Omits sizing information in the archive.
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-H
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Does not generate the hash identifier.
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Options for Creating a Differential Archive
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-A unchanged_master_image_dir
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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.
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-M
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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.
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Options for Contents Selection
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 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
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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.
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-f list_filename
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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.
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The list_filename file must contain
one file per line.
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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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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
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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.
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-x exclude_dir/filename
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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
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Excludes a list of files or directories from the archive.
list_filename is the full path to a file
that contains the list.
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The list_filename file must contain
one file per line.
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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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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
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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.
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The list_filename file must contain
one file per line.
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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
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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.
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Options for Splitting and Merging Archives
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-d dir
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Retrieves the sections to copy from dir,
rather than from the current directory.
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-u section
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If you use this option, flar copies the
cookie, identification, archive, and section sections.
You can specify a single section name or a space-separated list of section
names.
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If you do not use this option, flar copies the cookie, ldentification, and archive sections only.
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-f archive
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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.
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-S section
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Only copies the section that is named section from
the archive. This section is user defined. Used for splitting an archive.
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Option Used To Copy Files (Archive)
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-L pax
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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.
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Options Used With User-Defined Sections
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-u section
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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.
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-d dir
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Retrieves the section file that is specified with -u from dir.
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Options Used With Tape Archives
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-t
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Creates an archive on a tape device. The filename argument
is the name of the tape device.
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-p posn
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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.
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-b blocksize
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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.
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Options for Archive Identification
These keywords and values appear in the archive identification section
of the archive.
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-U key=val
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Includes user-defined keywords and values in the archive identification
section.
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-i date
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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.
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-m master
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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.
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-e descr
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Uses descr for the value of the content_description keyword. You cannot use this option when you use the -E option.
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-E descr_file
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Retrieves the value for the content_description keyword
from the descr_file file. You cannot use this
option when you use the -e option.
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-a author
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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.
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-T type
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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.
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