simplebackup(1)

📦 version 0.1.6, in ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ simplebackup — the manual, but make it cute ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the simple backup suite section 1 💖 this is simplebackup(1) and she is literally the low-effort, high-reward queen of backing up your stuff. let's get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

simplebackup — do a simple backup of your data 🎀

no cap, that's the whole pitch. simple. backup. your data. iconic.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

simplebackup [-h] [conffile]

that's it. that's the whole vibe check. one optional flag, one optional file, and you're done ✨

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so here's the tea ☕ — Simplebackup generates a .tar.bz2 archive of the paths you told it about in the configuration. like, the paths specified in the configuration. that's the main character move 🌈

and the way that it gets even better?? you can add additional data to that archive — stuff like bootsectors, partiton layout, database dumps etc. — by adding corresponding shell commands to the configuration file 🧚

so like, the config file is basically the group chat, and the shell commands are the messages you send, and the archive is the whole convo saved forever. periodt 💜

fr fr, the config file runs shell commands — that's the feature, that's the design, iykyk 👑

🌟 OPTIONS 🌟

  • -h — prints a simple help text. like a lil "hey bestie here's what i do" note 📝
  • conffile — the location of the configuration file to use. if you don't specify it, simplebackup will look in ~/.simplebackup.conf 🏠✨ so if you're wondering where it went, she's lurking in your home dir.

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

go read those too, bestie, they're part of the extended universe 🦋

💖 AUTHOR 💖

simplebackup was written by Christian Garbs <mitch@cgarbs.de> 🫶 absolute legend behavior.

simplebackup is licensed under GNU GPL v2 or later 🌈

and that's the whole page, bestie!! version 0.1.6 of the simple backup suite manual, brought to you with love 💅 mwah, go back up your data 🎀✨

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