tar: Backup Parameters

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1 5.4 Setting Parameters for Backups and Restoration
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1 The file 'backup-specs' specifies backup parameters for the backup and
1 restoration scripts provided with 'tar'.  You must edit 'backup-specs'
1 to fit your system configuration and schedule before using these
1 scripts.
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1    Syntactically, 'backup-specs' is a shell script, containing mainly
1 variable assignments.  However, any valid shell construct is allowed in
1 this file.  Particularly, you may wish to define functions within that
1 script (e.g., see 'RESTORE_BEGIN' below).  For more information about
1 shell script syntax, please refer to the definition of the Shell Command
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1 g_02).  See also ⇒Bash Features (bashref)Top.
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1    The shell variables controlling behavior of 'backup' and 'restore'
1 are described in the following subsections.
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