refdb-backup
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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 <david@nebauer.org>

This manual page was written by David Nebauer <david@nebauer.org> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

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