% bup-ftp(1) Bup %BUP_VERSION% % Avery Pennarun [email protected] % %BUP_DATE%
bup-ftp - ftp-like client for navigating bup repositories
bup ftp
bup ftp is a command-line tool for navigating bup
repositories. It has commands similar to the Unix ftp(1)
command. The file hierarchy is the same as that shown by
bup-fuse(1) and bup-ls(1).
Note: if your system has the python-readline library installed, you can use the <tab> key to complete filenames while navigating your backup data. This will save you a lot of typing.
The following commands are available inside bup ftp:
ls [-s] [-a] [path]
: print the contents of a directory. If no path argument
is given, the current directory's contents are listed.
If -a is given, also include hidden files (files which
start with a . character). If -s is given, each file
is displayed with its hash from the bup archive to its
left.
cd dirname : change to a different working directory
pwd : print the path of the current working directory
cat filenames... : print the contents of one or more files to stdout
get filename localname : download the contents of filename and save it to disk as localname. If localname is omitted, uses filename as the local name.
mget filenames...
: download the contents of the given filenames and
stores them to disk under the same names. The
filenames may contain Unix filename globs (*, ?,
etc.)
help : print a list of available commands
quit
: exit the bup ftp client
$ bup ftp
bup> ls
mybackup/ yourbackup/
bup> cd mybackup/
bup> ls
2010-02-05-185507@ 2010-02-05-185508@ latest@
bup> cd latest/
bup> ls
(...etc...)
bup> get myfile
Saving 'myfile'
bup> quit
bup-fuse(1), bup-ls(1), bup-save(1), bup-restore(1)
Part of the bup(1) suite.