BBACKUPD(8) Box Backup BBACKUPD(8)NAMEbbackupd - Box Backup client daemon
SYNOPSISbbackupd [-DFkqvVT] [-c config-file] [-t tag]
DESCRIPTIONbbackupd runs on client computers in the background, finding new files
to back up. When it is time for a backup, bbackupd will connect to the
server (bbstored) to upload the files.
A running bbackupd daemon can be controlled with the bbackupctl
command, to make it shut down, reload its configuration, or start an
immediate backup.
bbackupd needs to be configured to tell it which files to back up, how
often, and to which server (running bbstored). See the Client
Configuration page for more information. For this, you must write a
configuration file. You must either place it in the default location,
or tell bbackupd where to find it.
You can check the default location with the -h option. The default on
Unix systems is usually /etc/box/bbackupd.conf. On Windows systems, it
is bbackupd.conf in the same directory where bbackupd.exe is located.
If bbackupd cannot find or read the configuration file, it will log an
error message and exit.
bbackupd usually writes log messages to the system logs, using the
facility local5, which you can use to filter them to send them to a
separate file. It can also write them to the console, see options
below. If bbackupd is not doing what you expect, please check the logs
first of all.
Options
-c config-file
Use the specified configuration file. If -c is omitted, the last
argument is the configuration file. If none is specified, the
default is used (see above).
-D
Debugging mode. Do not fork into the background (do not run as a
daemon). Not available on Windows.
-F
No-fork mode. Same as -D for bbackupd. Not available on Windows.
-k
Keep console open after fork, keep writing log messages to it. Not
available on Windows.
-q
Run more quietly. Reduce verbosity level by one. Available levels
are NOTHING, FATAL, ERROR, WARNING, NOTICE, INFO, TRACE,
EVERYTHING. Default level is NOTICE in non-debugging builds. Use
once to drop to WARNING level, twice for ERROR level, four times
for no logging at all.
-v
Run more verbosely. Increase verbosity level by one. Use once to
raise to INFO level, twice for TRACE level, three times for
EVERYTHING (currently the same as TRACE).
-V
Run at maximum verbosity (EVERYTHING level).
-t tag
Tag each console message with specified marker. Mainly useful in
testing when running multiple daemons on the same console.
-T
Timestamp each line of console output.
FILES
/etc/box/bbackupd.conf
SEE ALSObbackupd.conf(5), bbackupd-config(8), bbackupctl(8)AUTHORS
Ben Summers
Per Thomsen
James O´Gorman
Box Backup 0.11 08/21/2011 BBACKUPD(8)
