UKOPP(1)

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💾 UKOPP(1) — the Ukopp man page, but make it cute 🎀

okay bestie, pull up a chair, because we're about to talk about Ukopp and honestly? it's giving "the most reliable friend in the group chat." 💅

✨ NAME ✨

Ukopp — copy files to USB stick or other disk or disk-like device 🦋

like. it copies your stuff. to a USB stick. or a disk. or a disk-like device. that's the whole vibe. iconic.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ukopp [ -nogui ] [ -job | -run ] jobfile

that's it. that's the summoning ritual. 🕯️

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so Ukopp is a graphical menu-driven program and it operates in its own window — main character energy, she does not share a window, she has her own. ✨

and what does she do? she copies the files and directories specified in the job file to disk or disk-like media (e.g. USB stick). that's it. that's the job. and she eats every single time. 🍓

🦋 OVERVIEW 🦋

okay here's where it gets good, because Ukopp works incrementally:

  • only files that are not already identical on the target media get copied
  • that means: new and modified files, or files newly added to the backup job — those are the ones that get their moment 💫

Files/directories to include or exclude can be selected from the file system hierarchy, using a GUI navigator. point. click. slay.

and then — and this is the part I'm obsessed with — specifications are saved in a job file which can be re-edited and/or executed. so you set it up once, and it lives there forever, ready to run. periodt. 💅

Ukopp can be run in batch mode using the -nogui option. no window, no drama, just vibes and copying. 🤖

Ukopp can optionally keep old file versions instead of replacing them with updated versions. 🕰️ and get this: the retention time and/or the number of old versions to keep can be specified for each selected file or directory. per-file. per-directory. customized. bespoke. couture. ✨

File owners and permissions are retained even if the copy media has a Microsoft file system. 🔥 that's the plot twist nobody saw coming and we LOVE her for it.

🌈 Summary of functionality 🌈

  • Copy files incrementally with optional file version retention.
  • Three media verification modes: full, incremental, compare.
  • Report disk:backup differences in detail or summary form.
  • Select and restore files from backup media or use drag and drop.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

Command line options, bestie, here we go:

  • [ -job ] jobfile — open job file for editing 📝
  • [ -nogui ] -run jobfile — execute a job file 🚀
ngl that's a short list and I respect the minimalism. she's not doing too much. she's doing exactly enough. 👑

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

The online user manual is available using the menu Help > contents. 📖

This manual explains Ukopp operation in great detail. like, GREAT detail. go read it, iykyk. 💜

🫶 AUTHORS 🫶

Written by Michael Cornelison <kornelix@posteo.de> 🌸

so yeah. that's Ukopp. and if you made it to the end, you're literally a Unix girlie now. 🎀💅✨

Ukopp man page, Linux, dated 2010-10-01, UKOPP(1) — that's the source, the version, and the date, bestie, and that's a wrap. 🦋💖

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