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.TH bbackupd 8 "Oct  9, 2005"
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.SH NAME
bbackupd \- client daemon of the Box Backup system
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B bbackupd
.RI "config_file [SINGLEPROCESS]"
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the
.B bbackupd
command.
This manual page was written for the Debian distribution
because the original program does not have a manual page.
.PP
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\fbbbackupd\fP is the client daemon of the Box Backup system. It runs in
the background, periodically scanning the file system looking for modified
files. It then uploads them to the remote store according to parameters
defined in its config file.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B config_file
Path to the configuration file for bbackupd.
.TP
.B SINGLEPROCESS
For test purpose only. Prevent the daemon to fork in the background and to detach from the terminal.
.SH FILES
.TP
.I /etc/boxbackup/bbackupd.conf
Default configuration file for bbackupd.
.TP
.I /var/lib/bbackupd
Location of management files of the daemon.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR bbackupctl (8),
.BR bbackupquery (8),
.BR bbackupd-config (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).