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REFDB-BACKUP(1) RefDB Manual REFDB-BACKUP(1)

NAME

refdb-backup - RefDB tool: back up RefDB references, notes and styles

SYNOPSIS

refdb-backup [-h] [-u user] [-w pwd] [-f format] [-d  dir] [-s]

DESCRIPTION

refdb-backup is a tool for backing up RefDB(7) references, notes and styles. A gzipped tarfile of the form 'refdb_backup_YYYYMMDD_HHMM.tar.gz' is created.
While users can restore data from the backup archive manually, it is expressly designed to restored by the companion tool refdb-restore.

OPTIONS

-d dir
directory in which to place backup file (default: current directory)
-f format
references storage format ('ris' (default)|'risx')
-h
print help and exit
-s
silent, no screen feedback
-u user
username for RefDB clients (refdba, refdbc) not required if clients are configured for automatic access
-w pwd
password for RefDB clients (refdba, refdbc) not required if clients are configured for automatic access

SEE ALSO

RefDB (7), refdb-restore (1), refdba (1), refdbc (1).
RefDB manual (local copy) PREFIX/share/doc/refdb-<version>/refdb-manual/index.html
RefDB manual (web) < http://refdb.sourceforge.net/manual/index.html>
RefDB on the web < http://refdb.sourceforge.net/>

AUTHOR

refdb-backup was written by David Nebauer <david@nebauer.org>
This manual page was written by David Nebauer <david@nebauer.org> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
12/22/2013 February 26, 2005