---
name: "backintime-gnome"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "backintime-gnome"
version: "1.0.36-1+deb8u1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/backintime-gnome"
---

# backintime-gnome(1)

a simple backup tool for Gnome.

## NAME

backintime-gnome - a simple backup tool for Gnome.

## SYNOPSIS

**backintime-gnome** \[ --profile \<profile name\> \| --profile-id \<profile id\> \]  \[ --keep-mount \]  \[ --quiet \]  \[ --config PATH \]  \[ --checksum \]  \[ --backup \| --backup-job \| --snapshots-path \| --snapshots-list \| --snapshots-list-path \| --last-snapshot \| --last-snapshot-path \| --unmount \| --benchmark-cipher \[SIZE\] \| --pw-cache \[start\|stop\|restart\|reload\|status\] \| --decode \[PATH\] \| --restore \[WHAT \[WHERE \[SNAPSHOT\_ID\]\]\] \| --help \| --version \| --license \]

## DESCRIPTION

Back In Time is a simple backup tool for Linux. This is the Gnome version. For more information about Back In Time see backintime man page.

If you want to run it as root you need to use 'gksu'.

## OPTIONS (use these before other actions)

- \--profile \<profile name\>

  select profile by name

- \--profile-id \<profile id\>

  select profile by id

- \--keep-mount

  Don't unmount on exit. Only valid with --snapshots-list-path and --last-snapshot-path.

- \--quiet

  suppress status messages on standard output.

- \--config PATH

  read config from PATH.

- \--checksum

  force to use checksum for checking if files have been changed. This is the same as 'Use checksum to detect changes' in Options. But you can use this to periodically run checksums from cronjobs.

## ACTIONS

- \-b, --backup

  take a snapshot now (if needed)

- \--backup-job

  take a snapshot (if needed) depending on schedule rules (used for cron jobs)

- \--snapshots-path

  display path where is saves the snapshots (if configured)

- \--snapshots-list

  display the list of snapshot IDs (if any)

- \--snapshots-list-path

  display the paths to snapshots (if any)

- \--last-snapshot

  display last snapshot ID (if any)

- \--last-snapshot-path

  display the path to the last snapshot (if any)

- \--unmount

  Unmount the profile.

- \--benchmark-cipher \[SIZE\]

  Show a benchmark of all ciphers for ssh transfer.

- \--pw-cache \[start\|stop\|restart\|reload\|status\]

  Control the Password Cache Daemon. If no argument is given the Password Cache will start in foreground.

- \--decode \[PATH\]

  decode encrypted PATH. If no PATH is given Backintime will read paths from standard input.

- \--restore \[WHAT \[WHERE \[SNAPSHOT\_ID\]\]\]

  Restore file WHAT to path WHERE from snapshot SNAPSHOT\_ID. If arguments are missing they will be prompted. To restore to the original path WHERE can be an empty string '' or just press Enter at the prompt. SNAPSHOT\_ID can be an index (starting with 0 for the last snapshot) or the exact SnapshotID (19 caracters like '20130606-230501-984')

- \-h, --help

  display a short help

- \-v, --version

  show version

- \--license

  show license

## SEE ALSO

backintime, backintime-kde4, backintime-config.

Back In Time also has a website: http://backintime.le-web.org

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by BIT Team(\<bit-team@lists.launchpad.net\>).