kbackup - Man Page

Backup program with an easy-to-use interface

Synopsis

kbackup [Options...] [Module name | Module set name...]

Description

Kbackup is a program that lets you back up any directories or files​. It uses an easy to use directory tree to select the things to back up and lets you save your settings in "profile" files​. These are simple textfiles containing definitions for directories and files to be included or excluded from the backup process​.

Options

-v,  --version

Displays version information​.

-h,  --help

Displays help on commandline options​.

--help-all

Displays help including Qt specific options​.

--help-all --qmljsdebugger value

Activates the QML/JS debugger with a specified port​. The value must be of format port:1234[,block]​. "block" makes the application wait for a connection​.

--script file

Script to run after finishing one archive slice​.

--auto profile

Automatically run the backup with the given profile and terminate when done​.

--autobg profile

Automatically run the backup with the given profile in the background (without showing a window) and terminate when done​.

--verbose profile

In autobg mode be verbose and print every single filename during backup​.

--forceFull

In auto/autobg mode force the backup to be a full backup instead of acting on the profile settings​.

--author

Show author information​.

--license

Show license information​.

--desktopfile file

The base file name of the desktop entry for this application​.

Environment

Files

​.kbp profile files​. Generated by user on save profile​.

See Also

More detailed user documentation is available from help:/kbackup (either enter this URL into Konqueror, or run khelpcenter man:/kbackup)​.
kf6options(7)
qt6options(7)
There is also further information available at https://apps​.kde​.org/kbackup

Examples

kbackup myData​.kbp Used to load existing profile​.

Authors

Kbackup was written by Martin Koller < martin@kollix​.at> This man-page was created by Scott Kitterman <scott@kitterman​.com> and updated by Scarlett Moore <sgmoore@kde​.org>, it is licensed under the same terms as kbackup​.

Author

Scarlett Moore <​sgmoore@kde​.org​>

Author.

Info

2020-07-23 KDE Applications Applications KBackup User's Manual