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).