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Overview:

The /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/backups_list_user_files script locates a user’s backup files and returns all of the backup files in the Comma-Separated Value (CSV) format.

Run the script

To query and return a list of backup files, run the following command as the root user:

/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/backups_list_user_files [arguments]

Arguments

The /usr/local/cpanel/scripts/backups_list_user_files script accepts the following arguments:

Example

For example, the following command uses the --regexp argument to return results for the username user that match the example value:

/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/backups_list_user_files --user=username --regexp='example' |tail -n 8

The system will return the following output:

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"Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970",0,incremental,"/nvdata","/backup/weekly/2018-03-26/accounts/username/homedir/nvdata",DIR
"Tue Feb 23 21:15:00 2016",183,incremental,"/nvdata.cache","/backup/weekly/2018-03-26/accounts/username/homedir/nvdata.cache",FILE
"Tue Feb 23 21:15:00 2016",31,incremental,"/nvdata/icFAA","/backup/weekly/2018-03-26/accounts/username/homedir/nvdata/icFAA",FILE
"Mon Aug  7 21:02:00 2017",59,incremental,"/nvdata/optionselect_filemanager","/backup/weekly/2018-03-26/accounts/username/homedir/nvdata/optionselect_filemanager",FILE
"Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970",0,incremental,"/nvdata","/backup/weekly/2018-04-02/accounts/username/homedir/nvdata",DIR
"Tue Feb 23 21:15:00 2016",183,incremental,"/nvdata.cache","/backup/weekly/2018-04-02/accounts/username/homedir/nvdata.cache",FILE
"Tue Feb 23 21:15:00 2016",31,incremental,"/nvdata/icFAA","/backup/weekly/2018-04-02/accounts/username/homedir/nvdata/icFAA",FILE
"Mon Aug  7 21:02:00 2017",59,incremental,"/nvdata/optionselect_filemanager","/backup/weekly/2018-04-02/accounts/username/homedir/nvdata/optionselect_filemanager",FILE

Backup file details

The following image displays an example backup file return in CSV format.

• File creation date, in UTC — The file’s creation date in Universal Time Coordinated (UTC).
• File size — The backup file’s size, in bytes.
• The backup format type — One of these backup format types:
  • compressed — A compressed tar file.
  • uncompressed — An uncompressed tar file.
  • incremental — A full tree of files and directories.
• The matching filename from the backup — The file’s path, relative to the /home/username directory.
• The file’s archive or full path — For compressed and uncompressed backups, the archive path in which the file resides. For incremental backups, the full path to the file.
• The backup file’s type — One of these backup file types:
  • FILE — A file.
  • DIR — A directory.
  • SYMLINK — A symlink.