bup-import-rsnapshot(1)

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version 0.34 · 10 versions
, in fedora 44, nixpkgs unstable

💅 NAME 💅

okay so bestie, meet bup-import-rsnapshot — it's the import a rsnapshot archive girlie. that's literally her whole job. nothing else. periodt. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bup import-rsnapshot [-n] <path to snapshot_root> [<backuptarget>]

🦋 SYNOPSIS (yes, again, the manpage said it twice and we respect the canon) 🦋

so what does she actually do, you ask? bup import-rsnapshot imports an rsnapshot archive. that's the vibe. 👑

two things that are lowkey the whole point: the timestamps for the backups get preserved (so your history stays intact, no cap), and the path to the rsnapshot archive gets stripped from the paths (so you're not dragging around a giant prefix like a bad ex).

and the tea on scope: bup import-rsnapshot either imports the whole archive, or it imports all backups only for a given backuptarget. pick your adventure, bestie. 🎀

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

  • -n, --dry-run — bestie. she does nothing. she just prints out what would be done. it's giving window shopping, it's giving rehearsal, it's giving "let me see the fit before I commit". 💅

🍓 EXAMPLES 🍓

import the whole archive, all of it, every crumb:

$ bup import-rsnapshot /.snapshots

orrrr just the backups for host1, because we're being picky today:

$ bup import-rsnapshot /.snapshots host1

👑 BUP 👑

she's Part of the bup(1) suite. iykyk. the family is iconic, the siblings are slaying, and she's one of them. 🫶

🌸 AUTHORS 🌸

shoutout to Zoran Zaric — zz@zoranzaric.de — the actual main character who wrote this. we stan. 💜

aaaand that's the whole page bestie, no notes. this was bup-import-rsnapshot(1), from Bup 0.34, dated 2026-09-01, brought to you by the General Commands Manual section of the manual (section 1, obvi). go import something. slay. ✨🎀🦋

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