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Make

Command

arck make -v -n name_archive /path/to/source /path/to/destination

Supported flags:

  • --name -n
  • --skip -s
  • --ignore-size -i
  • --verbose -v
  • --debug -V
  • --files -f
  • --par -p

The name of the archive denotes the name of the part files. For example, if you choose 'pic24' the files will be named:

arck make -v -n pic24 /home/karl/pictures /mnt/backup/pictures/2024

  • pic24.m
  • pic24.0
  • pic24.1
  • pic24.2
  • pic24.3
  • pic24.5

Name of archive cannot have equals sign.

If you do not provide this flag, then the project name will be either the name of the file or directory.

Backup

Please ensure you keep additional copies of the metadata file, ending with the dot m file. You can never have too many copies.

Create Technical

Following process during creation:

  1. Checks user specified directory or file exists
  2. Checks user specified output directory exists. If not present, working directory used as the default
  3. Create temp archive of directory or file
  4. Erasure code split temp archive into parts (3 parts with 2 parity)
  5. Erasure coding integrity check of existing parts
  6. Temp archive deleted
  7. Metadata file created for each part