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Subject: Re: QUESTION ON THE USE OF BRU
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Date: 30 Apr 91 15:03:26 GMT
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ghm@chem.ucsd.edu (Ghirmai Meresi) writes:


> What exactly does the set of commands :

>       bru -cvvv -s 250M ghm
>do ?

bru is a backup-restore utility.

 -c creates a new archive
 vvv sets the level of verbosity of output; vvv is pretty verbose
 -s 250M tells it that the media size is 250MB
 ghm is (presumably) the directory or file which you with to back up