---
name: "bcopy"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "bacula-sd"
version: "15.0.3-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bcopy"
---

# bcopy(8)

Bacula's 'Copy from tape'

## NAME

 bcopy - Bacula's 'Copy from tape'

## SYNOPSIS

**bcopy** \[*options*\] *input-archive* *output-archive*\

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **bcopy** command.

## OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

- **-?**

  Show version and usage of program.

- **-b** *bootstrap*

  Specify a bootstrap file.

- **-c** *config*

  Specify configuration file.

- **-d** *nn*

  Set debug level to *nn*.

- **-dt**

  Print timestamp in debug output.

- **-i** *input*

  Specify input Volume names (separated by '\|')

- **-o** *output*

  Specify output Volume names (separated by '\|')

- **-p**

  Proceed in spite of I/O errors.

- **-w** *directory*

  Specify working directory (default */tmp*).

- **-v**

  Set verbose mode.

## SEE ALSO

**bls**(1), **bextract**(1).\

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Jose Luis Tallon \<jltallon@adv-solutions.net\>.

## COPYRIGHT

This man page document is released under the BSD 2-Clause license.