bup-import-rdiff-backup(1)

✨ NAME ✨

bup-import-rdiff-backup — bestie, this is the one that imports an rdiff-backup archive 💖

(it's a General Commands Manual situation, iykyk 🌸)

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

bup import-rdiff-backup [-n]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so here's the tea ☕ — bup import-rdiff-backup imports a rdiff-backup archive. That's it, that's the whole vibe. ✨

Two things it does that are lowkey iconic:

• the timestamps for the backups are preserved — no rewriting history here, she remembers exactly when everything happened 🕰️
• the path to the rdiff-backup archive is stripped from the paths — so it doesn't just drag that whole prefix along with it 💅

periodt.

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -n, --dry-run — ngl this one does absolutely nothing, and that's the point 🫶 it just prints out what would be done. no cap, no changes, no commitment. a little preview moment 👑

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

Look at her go:

$ bup import-rdiff-backup /.snapshots legacy-rdiff-backup

that's it. that's the whole command. she ate and left no crumbs 🍓

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👑 BUP 👑

Part of the bup(1) suite. you already know 💜

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🌸 AUTHORS 🌸

Zoran Zaric zz@zoranzaric.de — thank you for your service, icon 🙏✨

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and that's a wrap bestie!! this page is from Bup 0.34, dated 2026-09-01 🎀 go forth and import your rdiff-backup archives, you absolute main character 🌟