NAME¶
gpodder-backup - Backup and restore utility for gPodder user data
SYNOPSIS¶
gpodder-backup [
--create|--extract]
<archive.gpo.tar.gz>
[
options]
gpodder-backup --purge
DESCRIPTION¶
This utility can be used to create a dump of the current gPodder data
(configuration files + downloads), optionally replacing the real contents of
the download folder with zero-byte files (for submitting your data to a bug
report without having to transfer lots of data).
OPTIONS¶
- --version
- show program's version number and exit
- -h, --help
- show this help message and exit
- -c <FILE>, --create=<FILE>
- Create a new archive
- -x <FILE>, --extract=<FILE>
- Extract an existing archive
- -f, --fake-downloads
- Store downloads as zero-byte files in backup
- -n, --no-covers
- Do not include cover files in archive
- -D <DIR>,
--destination=<DIR>
- Extract downloads in different folder
- -P, --purge
- Remove current data (can be combined with --extract)
USAGE FOR BUG REPORTING¶
- This command is useful if you want to report a bug in
gPodder:
- gpodder-backup --create bug123.gpo.tar.gz
--fake-downloads
- Backup your current data to file bug123.gpo.tar.gz,
but don't store download data (create zero-size dummy files instead). You
can then attach bug123.gpo.tar.gz to the bug report.
- If you are instructed to try gPodder from a "clean
state", you can use the following command (be sure to backup your data
before!):
- gpodder-backup --purge
- Remove all gPodder data, so you can start from a clean
state
EXAMPLES¶
- gpodder-backup --create today.gpo.tar.gz
- Backup your current data to file
today.gpo.tar.gz
- gpodder-backup --extract mybackup.gpo.tar.gz
- Restore (without purging) the contents of
mybackup.gpo.tar.gz
- gpodder-backup --extract default.gpo.tar.gz
--purge
- Remove current data, then restore the contents of
default.gpo.tar.gz
- gpodder-backup --purge
- Remove all gPodder data, so you can start from a clean
state
Please note that any existing downloads will be overwritten with zero-byte files
when using the
--extract option of the gpodder-backup utility with a
backup created with
--fake-downloads
AUTHOR¶
gpodder-backup was written by Thomas Perl (thp@gpodder.org)