SYNOPSIS
bup cat-file [--meta|--bupm] <path>
DESCRIPTION
bup cat-file extracts content associated with path from the archive and dumps it to standard output. If nothing special is requested, the actual data contained by path (which must be a regular file) will be dumped.
OPTIONS
- --meta
-
retrieve the metadata entry associated with path.
Note that currently this does not return the raw bytes for the entry
recorded in the relevant .bupm in the archive, but rather a decoded and
then re-encoded version.
When that matters, it should be possible (though awkward) to use
--bupm on the parent directory and then find the relevant
entry in the output.
- --bupm
-
retrieve the .bupm file associated with path, which must be a
directory.
EXAMPLES
-
# Retrieve the content of somefile. $ bup cat-file /foo/latest/somefile > somefile-content # Examine the metadata associated with something. $ bup cat-file --meta /foo/latest/something | bup meta -tvvf - # Examine the metadata for somedir, including the items it contains. $ bup cat-file --bupm /foo/latest/somedir | bup meta -tvvf -
BUP
Part of the bup(1) suite.