KUP-DAEMON(1)
β¨ KUP-DAEMON(1) β¨
okay bestie, welcome to the manual page for kup-daemon β yes it lives in the General Commands Manual section, and yes we're gonna get through all of it together π«Ά
πΈ NAME πΈ
kup-daemon β a background program to schedule and run Kup backup plans π
π SYNOPSIS π
kup-daemon [options]
that's it. that's the whole vibe check. just the command and some options, go off π
π¦ DESCRIPTION π¦
So here's the tea, bestie. Kup is a flexible backup solution for KDE that uses the backup storage system Bup β¨ And the way that works is lowkey iconic: it lets you quickly perform incremental backups, meaning it only saves the parts of files that have actually changed since the last backup was taken. no cap, it's not re-copying your whole entire home directory every time, it's giving efficient π
kup-daemon is a command which starts a program in the background to schedule and run Kup backup plans β but only if their destination devices are available π like, it's not gonna try to back up to a drive that isn't plugged in, bestie, it has standards. It is usually executed at the desktop session startup. so it just chills there in the background being responsible while you live your life π
π OPTIONS π
These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (-). A summary of options is included below. slay, let's go one by one π
-v,--versionβ Show version information. iykyk, gotta know which build you're running π-h,--helpβ Show summary of options and basic help. your little emergency rescue button when you forget everything π«Ά--authorβ Show author information. give credit where credit is due, periodt π--licenseβ Show license information. the legal fine print, but make it accessible β¨--desktopfile <file name>β The base file name of the desktop entry for this application. note the placeholder is literally file name, keep it cute, keep it exact π
π SEE ALSO π
kup-filedigger(1)β go check out the sibling page bestie, the lore runs deep π¦
π AUTHORS π
kup-daemon was written by Simon Persson <simonpersson1@gmail.com> β¨
This manual page was written by Thomas Pierson <contact@thomaspierson.fr> for the Debian system (and may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. so like, remix it, share it, just keep the license bestie π
and that's the whole page!! this version is from March 6 2017 and it's part of the General Commands Manual for kup-daemon(1) β k bye, go make some backups, you got this πβ¨π π«Ά
π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: kup-backup 0.9.1-1+b3 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- debian trixie: kup-backup 0.10.0-1+b1 Β· GPL-3.0-or-later OR LicenseRef-KDE-Accepted-GPL
- ubuntu jammy: kup-backup 0.9.1-1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu noble: kup-backup 0.9.1-1build5 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu questing: kup-backup 0.10.0-1ubuntu1
- ubuntu resolute: kup-backup 0.10.0-1ubuntu2 Β· GPL-3.0-or-later OR LicenseRef-KDE-Accepted-GPL
- ubuntu stonking: kup-backup 0.10.0-1ubuntu2 Β· GPL-3.0-or-later OR LicenseRef-KDE-Accepted-GPL
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