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<span id="id1"></span><h1>Glossary<a class="headerlink" href="#glossary" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<dt id="term-aa-file">.aa file</dt>
<dd>A synonym for <a class="reference internal" href="#term-archive-specification-file"><em class="xref std std-term">archive specification file</em></a>.</dd>
<dt id="term-archive">archive</dt>
<dd>The primary entity that AutoArchive operates with. It has a name and holds the configuration used to create the
corresponding <a class="reference internal" href="#term-backup"><em class="xref std std-term">backup</em></a>. <a class="reference internal" href="#term-archive"><em class="xref std std-term">Archive</em></a> is represented by the <a class="reference internal" href="#term-archive-specification-file"><em class="xref std std-term">archive specification file</em></a>.</dd>
<dt id="term-archive-specification-file">archive specification file</dt>
<dd>The configuration of an <a class="reference internal" href="#term-archive"><em class="xref std std-term">archive</em></a>. It contains all information needed for creation of a single backup, such as:
archive name, archive root directory, list of directories and files which should be <strong>included</strong> and
<strong>excluded</strong>, 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 <a class="reference internal" href="arch_spec.html#arch-spec"><em>Archive Specification File</em></a>.</dd>
<dt id="term-archive-specifications-directory">archive specifications directory</dt>
<dd>Directory where <a class="reference internal" href="#term-archive-specification-file"><em class="xref std std-term">archive specification files</em></a> are stored. It can be configured via
the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">archive-specs-dir</span></tt> option.</dd>
<dt id="term-backup">backup</dt>
<dd>Result of the backup creation operation. For example a *.tar.gz file.</dd>
<dt id="term-configured-archive">configured archive</dt>
<dd>See <a class="reference internal" href="#term-archive"><em class="xref std std-term">archive</em></a>.</dd>
<dt id="term-orphaned-archive">orphaned archive</dt>
<dd><a class="reference internal" href="#term-archive"><em class="xref std std-term">Archive</em></a> that has no <a class="reference internal" href="#term-archive-specification-file"><em class="xref std std-term">archive specification file</em></a> but has some data stored (snapshot files, information about
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