X-Git-Url: https://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fbup-midx.md;h=2f1af3aaa5f9f47bf787713c6fcec0c0ca89222e;hb=HEAD;hp=2b4a0c26d1584905a35961e8144f69702b2843a4;hpb=37f43d741eb44ae8f9e36f42770d2bb494999d92;p=bup.git diff --git a/Documentation/bup-midx.md b/Documentation/bup-midx.md index 2b4a0c2..8352c12 100644 --- a/Documentation/bup-midx.md +++ b/Documentation/bup-midx.md @@ -4,58 +4,56 @@ # NAME -bup-midx - create a multi-index (.midx) file from several .idx files +bup-midx - create a multi-index (`.midx`) file from several `.idx` files # SYNOPSIS -bup midx [-o *outfile*] <-a|-f|*idxnames*...> +bup midx [-o *outfile*] \<-a|-f|*idxnames*...\> # DESCRIPTION -`bup midx` creates a multi-index (.midx) file from one or more -git pack index (.idx) files. +`bup midx` creates a multi-index (`.midx`) file from one or more +git pack index (`.idx`) files. -Note: you should no longer need to run this command by hand. +Note: you should no longer need to run this command by hand. It gets run automatically by `bup-save`(1) and similar commands. # OPTIONS --o, --output=*filename.midx* -: use the given output filename for the .midx file. +-o, \--output=*filename.midx* +: use the given output filename for the `.midx` file. Default is auto-generated. - --a, --auto -: automatically generate new .midx files for any .idx + +-a, \--auto +: automatically generate new `.midx` files for any `.idx` files where it would be appropriate. - --f, --force -: force generation of a single new .midx file containing - *all* your .idx files, even if other .midx files + +-f, \--force +: force generation of a single new `.midx` file containing + *all* your `.idx` files, even if other `.midx` files already exist. This will result in the fastest backup performance, but may take a long time to run. ---dir=*packdir* -: specify the directory containing the .idx/.midx files - to work with. The default is $BUP_DIR/objects/pack and - $BUP_DIR/indexcache/*. +\--dir=*packdir* +: specify the directory containing the `.idx`/`.midx` files + to work with. The default is `$BUP_DIR/objects/pack`. ---max-files -: maximum number of .idx files to open at a time. You +\--max-files +: maximum number of `.idx` files to open at a time. You can use this if you have an especially small number of file descriptors available, so that midx can complete (though possibly non-optimally) even if it can't open - all your .idx files at once. The default value of this + all your `.idx` files at once. The default value of this option should be fine for most people. ---check -: validate a .midx file by ensuring that all objects in - its contained .idx files exist inside the .midx. May +\--check +: validate a `.midx` file by ensuring that all objects in + its contained `.idx` files exist inside the `.midx`. May be useful for debugging. -# EXAMPLE - +# EXAMPLES $ bup midx -a Merging 21 indexes (2278559 objects). Table size: 524288 (17 bits) @@ -74,7 +72,7 @@ Normal idx files are convenient because it means you can use files can get slow when you have a lot of very large packs (which git typically doesn't have, but bup often does). -bup .midx files consist of a single sorted list of all the objects +bup `.midx` files consist of a single sorted list of all the objects contained in all the .pack files it references. This list can be binary searched in about log2(m) steps, where m is the total number of objects.