Glossary
- .aa file
- A synonym for archive specification file.
- archive
- The primary entity that AutoArchive operates with. It has a name and holds the configuration used to create the
corresponding backup. Archive is represented by the archive specification file.
- archive specification file
- The configuration of an archive. It contains all information needed for creation of a single archive, such as:
archive name, archive root directory, list of directories and files which should be included and
excluded, etc. It can also contain some of the configuration options. The file has extension ‘.aa’ and is
sometimes referred as “.aa file”. For more information see Archive Specification File.
- archive specifications directory
- Directory where archive specification files are stored. It can be configured via
the archive-specs-dir option.
- backup
- Result of the backup creation operation. For example a *.tar.gz file.
- configured archive
- See archive.
- orphaned archive
- Archive that has no archive specification file but has some data stored (snapshot files, information about
last backup level restart etc.).