bup-ftp - ftp-like client for navigating bup repositories
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.