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Matías SM — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:49:57 -0000

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 Prerequisites
 -------------
-1. Install [Python](http://www.python.org/getit/) (tested on Python 2.7.3)
-*  Install [PyCrypto](https://www.dlitz.net/software/pycrypto/) (tested on version 2.6)
-*  Download Files Cloud Backuper (check the download button at the bottom of this page)
+FCB requires [Python](http://www.python.org/getit/)(tested on Python 2.7.3) and [PyCrypto](https://www.dlitz.net/software/pycrypto/) (tested on version 2.6).
+
+See [installation_in_linux] for instructions about how to install FCB in Linux.
+See [installation_in_Windows] for instructions about how to install FCB in Windows.

 Done! :)

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Matías SM — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 18:58:13 -0000

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 **Database setup**
 Execute _create_database.py_ to create the (empty) database where information about uploaded files is stored:

-    #!/bin/bash
     python create_database.py

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 -------------------------
 To run the program execute:

-    #!/bin/bash
     python files_cloud_backuper.py files_cloud_backuper.xml some_file_or_dir_to_upload other_files_or_dirs

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 If you did configure the program to encrypt, you need to decrypt the archive before you can read the files within it. To do so you should use the _decipher_file.py_ program.
 For general use information, you can execute the program without any argument:

-    #!/bin/bash
     python decipher_file.py

 Will produce an output like this:

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Matías SM — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 18:57:27 -0000

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 How to use
 ==========
+
+**Note**: all that is here documented is highly biased to Linux users. If you are a Windows user, your experience may vary. Please leave a comment (in the Discussion forum, maybe) if you have something to share about your experience.
+
 Prerequisites
 -------------
 1. Install [Python](http://www.python.org/getit/) (tested on Python 2.7.3)

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Matías SM — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 16:43:50 -0000

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 1. Install [Python](http://www.python.org/getit/) (tested on Python 2.7.3)
 *  Install [PyCrypto](https://www.dlitz.net/software/pycrypto/) (tested on version 2.6)
-*  Download Files Cloud Backuper 
-
-[[download_button]]
+*  Download Files Cloud Backuper (check the download button at the bottom of this page)

 Done! :)

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Matías SM — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 16:43:17 -0000

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 1. Install [Python](http://www.python.org/getit/) (tested on Python 2.7.3)
 *  Install [PyCrypto](https://www.dlitz.net/software/pycrypto/) (tested on version 2.6)
-*  Download Files Cloud Backuper [[download_button]]
+*  Download Files Cloud Backuper 
+
+[[download_button]]

 Done! :)

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Matías SM — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 16:42:45 -0000

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-Welcome to your wiki!
+How to use
+==========
+Prerequisites
+-------------
+1. Install [Python](http://www.python.org/getit/) (tested on Python 2.7.3)
+*  Install [PyCrypto](https://www.dlitz.net/software/pycrypto/) (tested on version 2.6)
+*  Download Files Cloud Backuper [[download_button]]

-This is the default page, edit it as you see fit. To add a new page simply reference it within brackets, e.g.: [SamplePage].
+Done! :)

-The wiki uses [Markdown](/p/files-cloud-backuper/wiki/markdown_syntax/) syntax.
+First run
+---------
+
+**Database setup**
+Execute _create_database.py_ to create the (empty) database where information about uploaded files is stored:
+
+    #!/bin/bash
+    python create_database.py
+
+**Configuration setup**
+You need to configure the program according to your needs (check file files_cloud_backuper.xml)
+Check [configuration_file] description for more information.
+
+**Ready to go**
+At this point you are good to go as normal (check _Second and Following runs_ section for information about how to do this)
+
+
+Second and Following runs
+-------------------------
+To run the program execute:
+
+    #!/bin/bash
+    python files_cloud_backuper.py files_cloud_backuper.xml some_file_or_dir_to_upload other_files_or_dirs
+
+
+Where:
+1. **files_cloud_backuper.xml** is the configuration file to use
+2. **some_file_or_dir_to_upload** is a file or directory to upload. If it is a directory, it will be recursively searched for files inside it.
+3. **other_files_or_dirs** all other parameters will be interpreted as additional files or directories to upload
+
+Restoring files
+---------------
+If you didn't configure files encryption, you only need to download the uploaded files from the cloud storage service where it was uploaded to and decompress the file ([Burrows–Wheeler algorithm](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bzip2)) is used for compression and files are archived with [Tar](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_(computing)). Any so called decompression program should be able to cope with those.
+
+If you did configure the program to encrypt, you need to decrypt the archive before you can read the files within it. To do so you should use the _decipher_file.py_ program.
+For general use information, you can execute the program without any argument:
+
+    #!/bin/bash
+    python decipher_file.py
+
+Will produce an output like this:
+
+    Usage:
+   decipher_file.py   
+   decipher_file.py -b  [ ...]
+
+The easiest way of using the program is the "batch mode" (second one described in the output). In this way, you only need to specify the encrypted files and the program will use the information in the _files_cloud_backuper.py_ database (_data.db_ file) to decrypt them.
+Note that to use the batch mode you need to have in the database the information about the files you wish to decrypt (that is, you should have uploaded the files from this instance of _files_cloud_backuper.py_), otherwise the program will fail (telling you it doesn't have information about the files).
+
+Te other way is pretty self explanatory, you specify the file to decrypt, the resulting file path and the key to use for decrypting (you can get it from the sent log file specified in the configuration).
+
+
+

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Matías SM — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 15:08:13 -0000

Welcome to your wiki!

This is the default page, edit it as you see fit. To add a new page simply reference it within brackets, e.g.: [SamplePage].

The wiki uses Markdown syntax.

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