bit-backup

You can find more information in docs directory.

Feature 2 : Backup of files

File .bitbackup/bitbackuplog

Contains index number of last bitbackup index.

file .bitbackup/description

File .bitbackup/config

pack-file.files-until-size.mb=100
pack-file.max-size.mb=1000

Commands

bitbackup {command} [{arg1} {arg2} {argn}]

Example:

bitbackup clone path=/home/johndoe/mydir url={local path or s3 bucket or FTP server or website url}

Arguments

path={path to directory}

• default:. (current working directory)

bitrot

Checks for bitrots in current directory

clone : Cloning a remote repo

bitbackup clone {url} [[--bare]] [[revision number|tag]]

Local

bitbackup clone {path to another local Bit Backup repository - path to directory}

S3

bitbackup clone s3://http[s]://{endpoint url}/{bucket name}

Then you will be asked for access key and secret key.

FTP/FTPS/SFTP

bitbackup clone {protocol}://[{user}:{password}]@{host url}:{port}/{directory}

HTTP/HTTPS

bitbackup clone http[s]://[{user}:{password}]@{host url}:{port}/{directory}

Bit Backup server (via Rest api)

bitbackup clone bitbackup:://[{user}:{password}]@{host url}:{port}/[path to repository/]{repository name}

init

Init commands creates new directory .bitbackup with its structure

bitbackup init [[--bare]]

• Creating a new empty Bit Backup repository
• Creating a Bit Backup repository using an existing directory

help

version

config

restore

reset

tag

revert

blame

bitbackup blame {file} {remote}

clean

gc

bitbackup gc abc

fsck

check

bundle

remote add {remote name}

bitbackup remote add {remote name}

bitbackup remote add abc protocol://user:pw|{}@host:port/directory[::password=encryption_password|{}::duplicate_count=1::exclude=::include=::]
bitbackup remote add wedos_disk_100gb_backup user:pw@host:port/directory::password=123::duplicate_count=2
bitbackup remote add abc user:pw|{}@host:port/directory::password=encryption_password|{}::duplicate_count={1, 0 is default}::compression_level={0-9,5 is default}

{} placeholders means, that user will be asked in console (to avoid the password to be in console history)

remote remove {remote name}

bitbackup remote remove abc

bitbackup commit

bitbackup commit [-m "{message}"]

bitbackup mirror {remote name}

bitbackup mirror abc def ghi [-m message -t TAG]
bitbackup mirror @all

bitbackup fetch

bitbackup pull

bitbackup log

bitbackup diff

bitbackup prune

bitbackup prune origin --since 2021-10-04
bitbackup prune abc --since "2 months ago" | 10 … does not delete anything, only marks objects to be deleted

verify

bitbackup verify abc

repack

Todo

Table FILE – add new columns – linux_rights, owner, group