Status meanings : --------------- ! : not used - : used without arg + : used with argument * : used with optional argument --------------- letter status description : --------------- a * alteration of operation --alter argument: s[aved] | SI[-unit[s]] | binary[-unit[s]] | a[time] | c[time] | m[ask] | n[o-case] | case | r[egex] | g[lob] | e[rase_ea] | k[eep-compressed] | f[ixed_date] b - terminal bell --bell c + create archive --create d + difference with filesystem --diff e - simulate the operation --empty f - do not restore directory structure --flat g + recurse in this directory --go-into h - help usage --help i - path of the input pipe --input j - ask user to make room in virtual memory when it is exhausted --jog k - do not deleted files drop between two backups --no-delete l + list archive contents --list m + minimum size below which no compression will occur. --mincompr a default value is used. use -m 0 if you want to compress in any case. n - do not allow overwriting --no-overwrite o - path of the output pipe --output p - pause before creating new slice --pause q ! r - do not overwrite more recent file --recent [=date] (to implement) s + size of slice --slice t + test archive structure --test u + exclude EA from operation (mask) --exclude-ea v - verbose output --verbose --verbose=skipped -vb w * do not warn before overwriting --no-warn x + extract archive --extract y * bzip2 compression --bzip2 z * gzip compression --gzip A + make a differential backup --ref B + filename taken as command-line extension --config C + extract catalogue in separated file --isolate D - store excluded dir as empty dir --empty-dir E + shell command to launch with slices --execute F + shell command to launch with slices of archive of reference --execute-ref G + catalogue isolation when creating an archive --on-fly-isolate H * if a file for differential backup or diff differs from exactly one hour it is assumed as identical (no change). I + include mask --include J + key for unscrambling the reference catalogue --key-ref K + key for un/scrambling --key L - license information M - only consider what is under the current mounting point. --no-mount-points N - do not read any configuration file ~/.darrc or /etc/darrc O - ignore user Id and group Id --ignore-owner P + prune a directory tree --prune Q + quite on stderr at startup no long option equivalent R + set the root directory --root S + size of the first slice --first-slice T - tree listing format --tree-format, --list-format= U - include EA for the operation (mask) --include-ea V - version information --version W - warranty disclosure information (POSIX RESERVED, sorry) X + exclude mask --exclude Y + included only filename for compression --include-compression Z + excluded filename from compression --exclude-compression - don't save files with nodump flag set --nodump # + encryption block size --crypto-block * + encryption block size for the archive of reference --crypto-block-ref , - cache directory tagging standard --cache-directory-tagging [ + include files listed in given file --include-from-file ] + exclude files listed in given file --exclude-from-file + + merging operation --merge @ + second reference archive for merging --aux-ref $ + key for auxilliary refence archive --aux-key ~ + command to execute between slices --aux-execute % + encryption block size for the auxilliary archive of reference --aux-crypto-block