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backintime-qt(1) USER COMMANDS backintime-qt(1)

backintime-qt - a simple backup tool.

backintime-qt [--checksum] [--config PATH] [--debug] [--delete] [--help | -h] [--keep-mount] [--license] [--local-backup | --no-local-backup] [--no-crontab] [--only-new] [--profile NAME | --profile-id ID] [--quiet] [--share-path PATH] [--version]

{ backup | backup-job | benchmark-cipher [FILE-SIZE] | check-config | decode [PATH] | last-snapshot | last-snapshot-path | pw-cache [start|stop|restart|reload|status] | remove[-and-do-not-ask-again] [SNAPSHOT_ID] | restore [WHAT [WHERE [SNAPSHOT_ID]]] | shutdown | smart-remove | snapshots-list | snapshots-list-path | snapshots-path | unmount }

Back In Time is a simple backup tool for Linux. This is the Qt5 version. For more information about Back In Time see backintime man page.

If you want to run it as root you need to use 'backintime-qt_polkit'.

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. Only valid with backup, backup-job and restore.
Read config from PATH. Default = ~/.config/backintime/config
Show debug messages.
Restore and delete newer files which are not in the snapshot. WARNING: deleting files in filesystem root could break your whole system!!! Only valid with restore.
Display a short help
Don't unmount on exit. Only valid with snapshots-path, snapshots-list-path and last-snapshot-path.
Show license
Create backup files before changing local files. Only valid with restore.
Do not install crontab entries. Only valid with check-config.
Temporary disable creation of backup files before changing local files. Only valid with restore.
Only restore files which does not exist or are newer than those in destination. Using "rsync --update" option. Only valid with restore.
Select profile by name
Select profile by id
Suppress status messages on standard output.
Write runtime data (locks, messages, log and mountpoints) to PATH.
Show version

Take a snapshot now.
Take a snapshot (if needed) depending on schedule rules (used for cron jobs). Back In Time will run in background for this.
Show a benchmark of all ciphers for ssh transfer.
Verify the profile in config, create snapshot path and crontab entries.
Decode encrypted PATH. If no PATH is given Back In Time will read paths from standard input.
Display last snapshot ID (if any)
Display the path to the last snapshot (if any)
Control the Password Cache Daemon. If no argument is given the Password Cache will start in foreground.
Remove the snapshot. If SNAPSHOT_ID is missing it will be prompted. SNAPSHOT_ID can be an index (starting with 0 for the last snapshot) or the exact SnapshotID (19 characters like '20130606-230501-984'). remove-and-do-not-ask-again will remove the snapshot immediately. Be careful with this!
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 characters like '20130606-230501-984')
Shutdown the computer after the snapshot is done.
Remove snapshots based on the configured Smart-Remove pattern.
Display the list of snapshot IDs (if any)
Display the paths to snapshots (if any)
Display path where is saves the snapshots (if configured)
Unmount the profile.

backintime, backintime-config.

Back In Time also has a website: https://github.com/bit-team/backintime

This manual page was written by BIT Team(<bit-team@lists.launchpad.net>).

Aug 2016 version 1.2.1