SYNOPSIS
backintime-gnome [ --profile <profile name> | --profile-id <profile id> ] [ --keep-mount ] [ --quiet ] [ --config PATH ] [ --checksum ] [ --backup | --backup-job | --snapshots-path | --snapshots-list | --snapshots-list-path | --last-snapshot | --last-snapshot-path | --unmount | --benchmark-cipher [SIZE] | --pw-cache [start|stop|restart|reload|status] | --decode [PATH] | --restore [WHAT [WHERE [SNAPSHOT_ID]]] | --help | --version | --license ]DESCRIPTION
Back In Time is a simple backup tool for Linux. This is the Gnome version. For more information about Back In Time see backintime man page.If you want to run it as root you need to use 'gksu'.
OPTIONS (use these before other actions)
- --profile <profile name>
- select profile by name
- --profile-id <profile id>
- select profile by id
- --keep-mount
- Don't unmount on exit. Only valid with --snapshots-list-path and --last-snapshot-path.
- --quiet
- suppress status messages on standard output.
- --config PATH
- read config from PATH.
- --checksum
- force to use checksum for checking if files have been changed. This is the same as 'Use checksum to detect changes' in Options. But you can use this to periodically run checksums from cronjobs.
ACTIONS
- -b, --backup
- take a snapshot now (if needed)
- --backup-job
- take a snapshot (if needed) depending on schedule rules (used for cron jobs)
- --snapshots-path
- display path where is saves the snapshots (if configured)
- --snapshots-list
- display the list of snapshot IDs (if any)
- --snapshots-list-path
- display the paths to snapshots (if any)
- --last-snapshot
- display last snapshot ID (if any)
- --last-snapshot-path
- display the path to the last snapshot (if any)
--unmount- Unmount the profile.
- --benchmark-cipher [SIZE]
- Show a benchmark of all ciphers for ssh transfer.
- --pw-cache [start|stop|restart|reload|status]
- Control the Password Cache Daemon. If no argument is given the Password Cache will start in foreground.
- --decode [PATH]
- decode encrypted PATH. If no PATH is given Backintime will read paths from standard input.
- --restore [WHAT [WHERE [SNAPSHOT_ID]]]
- Restore file WHAT to path WHERE from snapshot SNAPSHOT_ID. If arguments are missing they will be prompted. To restore to the original path WHERE can be an empty string '' or just press Enter at the prompt. SNAPSHOT_ID can be an index (starting with 0 for the last snapshot) or the exact SnapshotID (19 caracters like '20130606-230501-984')
- -h, --help
- display a short help
- -v, --version
- show version
- --license
- show license