bbackupquery(8)
NAME
bbackupquery - utility to execute queries on a remote Box Backup store
SYNOPSIS
bbackupquery [-q] [-c config_file] [commands...]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the bbackupquery command. This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original
program does not have a manual page.
bbackupquery can be used to perform operation on a remote Box Backup
store. It can naviguate through the remote store tree, list or retrieve
last or old revisions of files and directories, get quota usage for the
account and compare remote and local data.
OPTIONS
-q Run in quiet mode. Reduce the output of the program.
- -c config_file
- Use an alternate configuration file instead of the default one.
- commands
- Commands to run on the server. If no command is specified, bbackupquery will enter interactive mode where commands can be entered at the prompt. In interactive mode, issuing "help [command]" will display additionnal options supported by each command.
- Available commands are:
- list, ls
Display a listing of files and directories of the current working directory.
- cd Change directory in the remote tree.
- pwd Print current remote directory.
- lcd Change directory in the local tree.
- sh Execute a shell command on the local side.
- get Retrieve a file from the store to the local filesystem.
- restore
Restore a directory from the remote store to the local filesystem.
- compare
Compare the remote current data with local data.
- getobject
For debuging purpose only. Retrieve an object from the store in its raw form.
- usage Display usage statistics on the store for the current
account.
- quit Disconnect from the store and exit the program.
SEE ALSO
bbackupd(8), bbackupd-config(8), bbackupctl(8).
AUTHOR
- This manual page was written by Jérôme Schell <jerome@myreseau.org>
(with the help of the online documentation located at
http://www.fluffy.co.uk/boxbackup/) for the Debian GNU/Linux system
(but may be used by others).