zvault/docs/man/zvault-check.1.md

zvault-check(1) -- Check the repository, a backup or a backup subtree

SYNOPSIS

zvault check [OPTIONS] <PATH>

DESCRIPTION

This subcommand checks the repository, a backup or a backup subtree given by PATH.

The repository, backup, of subtree given by PATH must be in the format [repository][::backup_name[::subtree]] as described in zvault(1).

The command will perform the following checks in order:

• Bundle integrity (optional)
• Full bundle contents (optional)
• Index integrity (optional)
• Backup integrity
• Filesystem integrity

If a backup is specified in PATH, only this backup will be check in the backup integrity check and only the filesystem integrity of this backup will be checked in the filesystem integrity check.

If a subtree is specified in PATH, no backups will be checked and only the given subtree will be checked in the filesystem integrity check.

If --bundles is set, the integrity of the bundles will be checked before checking any backups. If --bundle-data is also set, the full bundles are fetched and their contents are compared to what their header claims. This check takes a long time since all bundles need to fetched, decrypted and decompressed fully to read their contents. If this flag is not set, the bundles will only be checked without actually fetching them fully. This means that their contents can only be read from their header and this information is not verified.

If --index is set, the integrity of the index and its contents will be checked before checking any backups.

If --repair is set, zVault will try to repair and rebuild things instead of failing when problems are detected. The repair process will rebuild all local repository components (index, bundle cache, bundle map) when problems are identified with them. If any bundle is broken, a new bundle is created with as much of the readable data of that bundle as possible. The old bundle is not removed but gets the file extension .bundle.broken. If any backup is broken, a new backup is created with a much of the readable files and directories of that backup as possible. The old backup is not removed but gets the file extension .backup.broken. Please note the destructive nature of the repair process as it removes all references to data that has been corrupted in order to make the rest of the data accessible again. To make this process reversible, the old data is kept and just renamed. Manual computer forensics might be able to restore some of the corrupt or inaccessible data that repair can not restore automatically. Please note that any run of zvault-vacuum(1) will remove any intact data that has become inaccessible.

OPTIONS

• -b, --bundles:

  Check the integrity of the bundles too.

• --bundle-data:

  Also check the contents of the bundles by fetching and decompressing them. Note: This flag causes the check to be much slower.

• -i, --index:

  Also check the integrity of the index and its contents.

• -r, --repair:

  Try to repair broken bundles, backups and rebuild local data when necessary.

• -q, --quiet:

  Print less information

• -v, --verbose:

  Print more information

• -h, --help:

  Prints help information

• -V, --version:

  Prints version information

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Dennis Schwerdel This software is licensed under GPL-3 or newer (see LICENSE.md)