NAME
bf_tar - shell script to write a tar file of a bogofilter directory to stdout
SYNOPSIS
bf_tar [-r] [-R] bogofilter_directory
DESCRIPTION
bf_tar
bundles a
bogofilter
working directory in tar format and copies it to standard output (your console, or where you redirect it, see
EXAMPLES
below).
OPTIONS
The
-r
option causes
bf_tar
to remove inactive log files after the archive has been written successfully. The default is to leave log files.
The
-R
option causes
bf_tar
to remove inactive log files before the archive is written. This may reduce chances that the resulting archive is recoverable should it become damaged. The archive may be smaller though. The default is to leave log files.
EXIT STATUS
The script exits with status code 0 if everything went well, and nonzero if it encountered trouble.
EXAMPLES
bf_tar ~/.bogofilter > outfile.tar
Writes a standard .tar file containing the essential files from
~/.bogofilter
to
outfile.tar.
bf_tar ~/.bogofilter | gzip -9 -c > outfile.tar.gz
Writes a gzipped .tar.gz file containing the essential files from
~/.bogofilter
to
outfile.tar.gz.
bf_tar `pwd`/mydirectory > outfile.tar
Prepend
$(pwd)/
or
`pwd`/
if you want to specify an absolute path instead of a relative path.
NOTES
This script is meant for use with Berkeley DB based
bogofilter
versions.
This script requires a SUSv2 compliant
pax
utility.
This script expects a SUSv2 compliant shell. Solaris systems should have the
SUNWxcu4
package installed (when
bogofilter
is configured) so that
/usr/xpg4/bin/sh
can be used.