KUP-FILEDIGGER(1)

💖 KUP-FILEDIGGER(1) 💖

okay so bestie, we're reading the manual page for kup-filedigger, and it lives in the General Commands Manual section 1. no cap, it's a whole vibe. let's get into it 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

kup-filedigger — a program to explore and restore files from bup archives. yes, explore AND restore. it's giving little archaeology dig but for your own files 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

kup-filedigger [options] <repository_path>

that's it, that's the shape of it. options go first, then the repo path. slay.

💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

okay so context first, because it matters:

Kup is a flexible backup solution for KDE that uses the backup storage system Bup. and the way that works is genuinely iconic — it can do incremental backups super fast, because it only saves the parts of files that have actually changed since the last backup was taken. like, it's not out here re-saving your entire 4GB video every single time. it's smarter than that. periodt. 👑

kup-filedigger is the command that starts up a program to explore and restore files from Bup archives. and lowkey, you're probably not even gonna type it yourself most of the time — it's usually executed through a desktop applet when a destination of a backup plan is available. so the applet does the typing, you do the clicking, everyone wins 🫶

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

so these programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, where long options start with two dashes (-). here's the full rundown, bestie — a summary of options is included below 💖

• -v, --version — shows you the version information. classic. gotta know what you're working with ✨
• -h, --help — shows a summary of options plus some basic help. your lil safety net when you forget everything 🙈
• -b, --branch <branch name> — the name of the branch to be opened. you tell it which branch, it opens that branch. simple as 🦋
• --author — shows the author information. give credit where credit is due, fr fr 🌸
• --license — shows the license information. legal girlies rise 💅
• --desktopfile <file name> — the base file name of the desktop entry for this application. it's the base name of the desktop entry, okay? just the base name 🎀

🌈 ARGUMENTS 🌈

• <repository path> — the path to the bup repository that you wanna open. point it at the repo, and off you go 💜

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• kup-daemon(1)

go read that one too, bestie. iykyk 💖

👑 AUTHORS 👑

kup-filedigger was written by Simon Persson <simonpersson1@gmail.com>. absolute legend behavior, honestly. 🫶

this manual page was written by Thomas Pierson <contact@thomaspierson.fr> for the Debian system (and may be used by others). and here's the legal bit, said with love: 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, go forth and remix, but keep it free 💅

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one's dated March 6 2017, from the General Commands Manual section 1, and it was living in the KUP-FILEDIGGER(1) era of life. thank you for coming to my ted talk, mwah 💖✨🎀