---
name: "rdiff-backup-fs"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "rdiff-backup-fs"
version: "1.0.0-8"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rdiff-backup-fs"
---

# rdiff-backup-fs(1)

Filesystem for accessing rdiff-backup archives.

## NAME

rdiff-backup-fs - Filesystem for accessing rdiff-backup archives.

## SYNOPSIS

**rdiff-backup-fs \<mount\_point\> \<repository\> \[repositories ...\] \[-option ...\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**rdiff-backup-fs** is a filesystem in userspace that reads rdiff-backup archives and provides convenient access.

## OPTIONS

- **--debug \<0-4\>**

  Run rdiff-backup-fs in foreground with given verbosity of debug messages.

- **-f, --full**

  Store information about all revisions in memory. CAUTION: this may take a lot of memory if your archive contains many revisions.

- **-l, --last**

  Displays files from the most recent increment as directories, each holding  every version of the file. CAUTION: this stores information about all revisions in memory and therefore may take a lot of memory if archive contains many revisions.

- **-c \<n\>, --caching \<n\>**

  How many files retrieved from the rdiff-backup archive may be cached by  filesystem. By default rdiff-backup-fs will cache up to 10 files. If this switch is set to 0, no caching will be done.

- **-r \<n\>, --revisions \<n\>**

  How many revisions should be stored in memory for on demand revision retrieval. By default rdiff-backup-fs will store up to 10 revisions in memory.

- **-d, --directory \<path\>**

  Set directory for directory with temporary files. By default rdiff-backup-fs uses /tmp.

- **-v, --version**

  Print version of rdiff-backup-fs and exit.

## SEE ALSO

**[rdiff-backup(1)](/rdiff-backup/1.md)**

## COPYRIGHT

rdiff-backup-fs is Copyright (c) 2007-2011 Filip Gruszczyński.

rdiff-backup-fs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program.  If not, see \<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/\>.

## AUTHORS

Filip Gruszczyński \<gruszczy@gmail.com\>