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kbackup

kbackup(1)						      General Commands Manual							kbackup(1)

NAME

       kbackup - An easy to use backup program

VERSION

       0.7

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.

USAGE

       Usage: kbackup [Qt-options] [KDE-options] [profile]

APPLICATION OPTIONS

       Generic options:
	 --help 		   Show help about options
	 --help-qt		   Show Qt specific options
	 --help-kde		   Show KDE specific options
	 --help-all		   Show all options
	 --author		   Show author information
	 -v, --version		  Show version information
	 --license		   Show license information

       Arguments:
	 profile		   Start with given profile

       Options:
	 --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		   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

AUTHORS

       Kbackup was written by Martin Koller <kollix@aon.at>.

       This man-page was created by Scott Kitterman <scott@kitterman.com> and is licensed under the same terms as kbackup.

								    2010-07-13								kbackup(1)

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