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Franco Corbelli edited this page Sep 26, 2024 · 3 revisions

zpaqfranz have some integrated help (a lot, in fact)
Yep, a man-page does exists too on *nix, but almost no-one read it

Running without parameters give a brief list of all commands and main switches.
Can be somewhat different from Windows/*Nix

zpaqfranz v60.7f-JIT-GUI-L,HW BLAKE3,SHA1/2,SFX64 v55.1,(2024-09-08)
Usage: zpaqfranz command archive.zpaq files|directories -switches
       double quote for multipart archive name => "test_???.zpaq"

  a: Append files     | x: Extract            |   t: Test
  l: List             | v: Verify on FS       |   i: Info
  w: Chunked extract  | p: Paranoid verify    | sum: File hashing
sfx: Create Win SFX   | g: Win C: image       | gui: 'Almost' GUI

   -to out...: Prefix  files to out   -until N: Rollback to ver.N
     -all [N]: All versions N digit     -key X: Archive  password
        -test: Run additional tests     -force: Always  overwrite
          -mN: 0..5= faster..better      -kill: Destructive    ON

More help: zpaqfranz h  Extended help: zpaqfranz h h HW SHA1/2 ON
Get newer Win version (Internet)  :    zpaqfranz update -force

Getting more

zpaqfranz -h
zpaqfranz h
zpaqfranz -?
zpaqfranz ?
zpaqfranz help
zpaqfranz -help
zpaqfranz --help
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(C) 2021-2024 by Franco Corbelli: provided as-is,no warranty whatsoever
           WWW: https://sourceforge.net/projects/zpaqfranz
          Swiss army knife for backup and disaster recovery
  Like 7z or RAR on steroids,with deduplicated "snapshots" (versions)
  Conceptually similar to Mac time machine, but much more efficiently
  Keeps backup always-to-always,no need to prune (bye bye Ransomware)
  Easily handles millions of files and TBs of data, non-latin support
  Multithreaded HW accelerations, full encryption, multipart archives
  Minimal data transfer => low bandwidth Virtual Machine Cloud backup
  Data integrity check CRC32+XXHASH|SHA-1|SHA-2|SHA-3|MD5|XXH3|BLAKE3
  Windows, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Linux, MacOS, Solaris, OmniOS and others
  Extended help:   zpaqfranz h h           ALL IN:   zpaqfranz h full

ALL IN help: zpaqfranz h full

Extended: zpaqfranz h h, then you can ask for a single help

1on1      Delete folder2's files with same name/hash of folder1
a         Add or append files to archive
ads       ADS Alternate Data Stream manipulator
autotest  Check for hidden errors after compiling from source
b         CPU benchmark, speed index in (yes!) franzomips
backup    Backup with hardened multipart
c         Compare one master dir against one or more slaves dir(s)
collision Inspect archive for SHA-1 collisions
comparehexCompare hex substrings from two files
consolidatebackupConsolidate multipart backup
count     Count substrings in files
cp        Friendly file copy with ETA (resumable)
crop      Reduce .zpaq archive cropping (trimming) versions
d         Deduplicate files inside a single folder WITHOUT MERCY
dir       A better dir (yes, Windows' dir)
dirsize   Show cumulative folder(s) size
download  Download file from Internet
dump      Technical info (not for huge archives!)
e         Extract the file(s) in the current folder
f         Free disk space fills (=reliability test) or wipe (privacy)
find      Search file(s) with the wildcards
fzf       List archive filenames 'plain-and-dirty'
g         Windows C: archiver from a shell without admin rights
gui       Windows text-based GUI (listing-extraction)
hash      Calc hash
i         File (archive) information
isopen    Check if a file is open (by other software)
k         Kill (delete) everything not in the archive (RISKY!)
l         List file(s)
last      Get the last multipart filename
last2     Compare last2 rows
m         Merge (consolidate) multipart archive into one
n         Decimate (keeping the newer X) older files
p         Paranoid test (slow, a lot of RAM needed)
pakka     Auxiliary output for third-party extractor software
password  Change/remove password of single archive (no multipart)
pause     Halt script execution until timeout expires or keypress
q         Windows archive of C: with VSS
r         Robocopy one master to multiple slave folders
rd        Remove hard-to-delete Windows' folder (ex. path too lengthy)
redu      Inspect archive for SHA-1 collisions
rsync     Delete rsync's dangling temporary files
s         Get dir(s) size, return free disk space
sfx       Create SFX module (with encryption support)
sum       Calc hash/checksums, find duplicated files
t         Test archive integrity/compare with filesystem
testbackupMultipart hardening
trim      Trim .zpaq archive from the incomplete transaction
update    Update zpaqfranz from Internet
upgrade   Update zpaqfranz from Internet
utf       Convert filenames to Latin, fix too long filenames etc.
v         Verify an archive (against filesystem)
versum    Hashdeep-like double check of hashes
w         Very big files chunked extraction/test
work      Multiple commands
x         Extract the file(s)
z         Remove empty directories
franz     Advanced switches
main      Most used switches
normal    Usual switches
voodoo    Nerd's switches

For example

zpaqfranz h a

will show the help for the a (add) command

zpaqfranz h voodoo

will show the help for the voodoo switches

Same thing for embedded examples, without parameter

zpaqfranz -he
zpaqfranz -helpe
zpaqfranz -examples
zpaqfranz -example

Or with one

zpaqfranz -examples l

examples for the l (list) command

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