refdb-backup 1 February 26, 2005 RefDB Manual
refdb-backup RefDB tool: back up RefDB references, notes and styles
`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).

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## 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).