vbackup Examples

vbackup supports several qualifiers and allows backup customization. In the examples, restore operation produce different results depending on options:

• the statement:
  vbackup -xl -f vms.bck -O /usr/aud///
  restores VMS files (option -x) from the save set vms.bck (option -f) creating the subdirectories /usr/aud/ with both directory and file names in uppercase, backup logging is enabled by option -l

• the statement:
  vbackup -xIlf vms.bck '/LL/UX/BCK///*.*'
  produces a log of the restored files (option -l), converts file names to lower case (option -I) and creates backup file copies in the current directory as specified by the original VMS path embedded in quotes, VMS directory syntax is translated to Unix syntax

• the statement:
  vbackup -xIlVf aa.bck '/LUVI/WORK/WKMIG///*.*'
  extracts at the current directory all files stored at VMS directory [LUVI.WORK.WKMIG]

Note that all options can be specified in a single string if they are parsed without ambiguity. Therefore, when typing more than one option in a single string, the file save set option -f must be the last one and immediately precede file name. Using more options that require a parameter such as -T file and -f saveset, type each option separately.