NAME
refdb-backup - RefDB tool: back up RefDB references, notes and styles
SYNOPSIS
refdb-backup [-h] [-u user] [-w pwd] [-f format] [-d dir] [-s]
DESCRIPTION
refdb-backup is a tool for backing up RefDB(7) references, notes and styles. A gzipped tarfile of the form 'refdb_backup_YYYYMMDD_HHMM.tar.gz' is created.
While users can restore data from the backup archive manually, it is expressly designed to restored by the companion tool refdb-restore.
OPTIONS
- -d dir
-
directory in which to place backup file (default: current directory)
- -f format
-
references storage format ('ris' (default)|'risx')
- -h
-
print help and exit
- -s
-
silent, no screen feedback
- -u user
-
username for RefDB clients (refdba, refdbc) not required if clients are configured for automatic access
- -w pwd
-
password for RefDB clients (refdba, refdbc) not required if clients are configured for automatic access
SEE ALSO
RefDB (7), refdb-restore (1), refdba (1), refdbc (1).
RefDB manual (local copy) PREFIX/share/doc/refdb-<version>/refdb-manual/index.html
RefDB manual (web) <http://refdb.sourceforge.net/manual/index.html>
RefDB on the web <http://refdb.sourceforge.net/>
AUTHOR
refdb-backup was written by David Nebauer <[email protected]>
This manual page was written by David Nebauer <[email protected]> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).