backup-manager(8)

💖 backup-manager(8) — the System Manager's Manual glow-up 💖

okay bestie, so this is backup-manager, and it's literally your easy-to-use backup tool for your Linux box. That's the whole vibe. Sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, we're making tarballs.

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✨ NAME ✨

backup-manager — an easy to use backup tool for your Linux box. no cap, that's the entire job description 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

backup-manager [options]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Backup Manager is an easy-to-use tool for generating archives. that's it, that's the mission 🫶

It is designed with simplicity in mind, for those who don't want some obfuscated tool just to make tarballs. it's giving "i just want my stuff archived, why is this so complicated" and honestly? valid.

There are different methods for building archives, and you get to pick your fighter:

• tarballs
• incremental tarballs
• mysql dumps
• svn dump

You can also write your own method with a generic method that will execute a command and will archive its output. yes bestie, bring your own command, we'll wrap it up all pretty 🎀

Every time you run Backup Manager, you can upload archives thanks to a couple of upload methods: through FTP, SSH or even with RSYNC. pick your portal, it's all iconic ✨

It's also possible to export your archives to removable media like CDR or DVD. physical media?? retro but lowkey slay 💿

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📁 CONFIGURATION FILES 📁

Backup Manager's behavior is defined in configuration files. You can use different configuration files at the same time, which is so versatile of it.

The default configuration file is /etc/backup-manager.conf.

An example should have been provided with the program, and most of the time it's installed in /usr/share/backup-manager/backup-manager.conf.tpl.

If you want exhaustive details about how to write your own configuration files, please refer to the Backup Manager User Guide. it's the deep-dive, the director's cut, the lore 🧚

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

• --version — Show the version number. flex on us, what version are you running 💅
• --verbose, -v — Print what happens to STDOUT. she's narrating her own life and honestly we love that for her.
• --no-warnings — Disable warnings. the "i can't hear you" setting 🙈
• --help, -h — Print a short help message. the classic cry for guidance.
• --upload, -u — Just upload the files. no archiving, no burning, just sending them off to their destination ✈️
• --purge, -p — Just purge old archives. decluttering era 🧹
• --burn, -b — Just burn the archives. CDR/DVD moment, so 2006 of her 🔥
• --md5check, -m — Just perform the MD5 checkup on the CDR/CDRW. gotta verify, no trust issues just standards 💜
• --conffile, -c file — Use an alternate config file. bring your own lore.
• --force, -f — Force overwrite of existing archives. she said OUT with the old 🫣
• --no-upload — Disable the uploading process. not today.
• --no-burn — Disable the burning process. the disc drive is resting.
• --no-purge — Disable the purging process. keeping everything, hoarder main character energy 📦

⚠️ okay so real talk: --force, -f overwrites existing archives. that's not a vibe check, that's a bye-bye old data. know what you're doing before you send it, bestie.

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💀 BUGS 💀

If you find a bug or want to submit a wish-list to the development team, feel free to create a new issue at https://github.com/sukria/Backup-Manager/issues. they're nice, they want your thoughts, go tell them 🫶

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🌈 WEBSITE 🌈

To find latest news and releases, come to the official website: https://github.com/sukria/Backup-Manager ✨

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🔍 SEE ALSO 🔍

backup-manager-upload(8), ssh-keygen(1)

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⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

Alexis Sukrieh <sukria@gmail.com> — the icon, the legend, the one who made this whole thing 💖

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and that's the whole page, bestie. backup-manager(8) out. stay backed up, stay hydrated, stay iconic 🎀💅✨