bbackupd — Box Backup client daemon
bbackupd
[-DFkqvVT]
[-c config-file]
[-t tag]
bbackupd 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.
-c
config-fileUse 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.
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
tagTag 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.