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diff --git a/debian/bbackupquery.8 b/debian/bbackupquery.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..167abde0 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/bbackupquery.8 @@ -0,0 +1,95 @@ +.\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*- +.\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps +.\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection +.\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1) +.TH bbackupquery 8 "Oct 10, 2005" +.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage. +.\" +.\" Some roff macros, for reference: +.\" .nh disable hyphenation +.\" .hy enable hyphenation +.\" .ad l left justify +.\" .ad b justify to both left and right margins +.\" .nf disable filling +.\" .fi enable filling +.\" .br insert line break +.\" .sp <n> insert n+1 empty lines +.\" for manpage-specific macros, see man(7) +.SH NAME +bbackupquery \- utility to execute queries on a remote Box Backup store +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B bbackupquery +.RI "[-q] [-c config_file] [commands...]" +.SH DESCRIPTION +This manual page documents briefly the +.B bbackupquery +command. +This manual page was written for the Debian distribution +because the original program does not have a manual page. +.PP +.\" TeX users may be more comfortable with the \fB<whatever>\fP and +.\" \fI<whatever>\fP escape sequences to invode bold face and italics, +.\" respectively. +\fbbbackupquery\fP can be used to perform operation on a remote Box Backup +store. It can naviguate through the remote store tree, list or retrieve last +or old revisions of files and directories, get quota usage for the account +and compare remote and local data. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.B -q +Run in quiet mode. Reduce the output of the program. +.TP +.B -c config_file +Use an alternate configuration file instead of the default one. +.TP +.B commands +Commands to run on the server. If no command is specified, bbackupquery +will enter interactive mode where commands can be entered at the prompt. +In interactive mode, issuing "help [command]" will display additionnal +options supported by each command. +.sp 1 +Available commands are: +.RS +.TP +.B list, ls +Display a listing of files and directories of the current working directory. +.TP +.B cd +Change directory in the remote tree. +.TP +.B pwd +Print current remote directory. +.TP +.B lcd +Change directory in the local tree. +.TP +.B sh +Execute a shell command on the local side. +.TP +.B get +Retrieve a file from the store to the local filesystem. +.TP +.B restore +Restore a directory from the remote store to the local filesystem. +.TP +.B compare +Compare the remote current data with local data. +.TP +.B getobject +For debuging purpose only. Retrieve an object from the store in its raw form. +.TP +.B usage +Display usage statistics on the store for the current account. +.TP +.B quit +Disconnect from the store and exit the program. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR bbackupd (8), +.BR bbackupd-config (8), +.BR bbackupctl (8). +.br +.SH AUTHOR +This manual page was written by J\['e]r\[^o]me Schell <jerome@myreseau.org> +(with the help of the online documentation located at +http://www.fluffy.co.uk/boxbackup/) +for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). |