BEXTRACT(8)

💖 BEXTRACT — the "Extract from Tape" girlie 💖

okay so real talk, this is bextract, from the Bacula fam — the manual section 8 one, living under the Network backup, recovery and verification umbrella. she's the "Extract from tape" queen. 👑

✨ NAME ✨

bextract — Bacula's 'Extract from tape' 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

bextract [options] bacula-archive-device-name output-directory

so it's literally: the options, then the Bacula archive device name, then the output directory. that's the whole vibe. 🦋

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay bestie, this manual page documents briefly the bextract command. that's it, that's the description, no notes. 💖

💅 OPTIONS 💅

a summary of options is included below, and yes, we're going through all of them, no skipping, no cap. 🫶

• -? — Show version and usage of program. the "hello, who are you and how do I use you" flag ✨
• -b bootstrap — Specify a bootstrap file. 🎀
• -c config — Specify configuration file. 🌸
• -d nn — Set debug level to nn. turn the volume up on the debugging, girl 📢
• -dt — Print timestamp in debug output. so every debug line gets a little clock moment 🕰️
• -e file — Specify exclude list. 🙈
• -i file — Specify include list. 💜
• -p — Proceed in spite of I/O errors. lowkey unhinged but iconic, she does not care about your I/O errors 💀
• -t — Read data from volume, do not write anything. look, don't touch 👀
• -v — Set verbose mode. she will yap, and you will listen 🗣️
• -V volume-name — Specify volume names. 🔥

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• bls(1)
• bextract(1)

go read those too, bestie, they're the supporting cast 🫶

👑 AUTHOR 👑

This manual page was written by Jose Luis Tallon <jltallon@adv-solutions.net>. giving credit where it's due, periodt 💖

📜 COPYRIGHT 📜

This man page document is released under the BSD 2-Clause license. slay, legally. ⭐

and that's the whole page, no cap. go extract something cute. 💅✨

written by Kern Sibbald, dated 26 November 2009 — she's been serving since '09 and she still eats 🎀🦋💖