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luckybackup

LUCKYBACKUP(8)						      System Manager's Manual						    LUCKYBACKUP(8)

NAME

       luckybackup - a powerful, fast and reliable backup & sync tool

SYNOPSIS

       luckybackup [OPTIONS]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

       luckybackup is an application that backs-up and/or synchronizes any directories with the power of rsync

OPTIONS

	--help
	    displays this help message
	--version
	   displays the current version of the application
	--skip-critical
	    does not execute tasks that appear with a 'CRITICAL' warning message
	--dry-run
	    executes luckybackup in dry-run (simulation) mode
	--silent
	    executes luckybackup in silent mode (just tray notification icon shown)
	-c
	    console mode. Use this, if there is no graphical envrironment available
	--no-questions
	    skips confirmation questions asked to user. Implies -c (console mode)

	[FILE]
	    is the filename of the already created profile that is going to be executed

	 examples
       1. Execute luckybackup gui :
       $ luckybackup
       2. Execute luckybackup in silent mode for profile '~/.luckyBackup/profiles/BackupHome.profile' :
       $ luckybackup --silent ~/.luckyBackup/profiles/BackupHome.profile

       3. Execute luckybackup in console mode for profile '~/.luckyBackup/profiles/BackupHome.profile' :
       $ luckybackup -c BackupHome.profile
       4. Execute luckybackup in console mode for profile '~/.luckyBackup/profiles/BackupHome.profile'
       Do not ask any questions and skip all operations that appear CRITICAL after the checks :
       $ luckybackup --skip-critical --no-questions ~/.luckyBackup/profiles/BackupHome.profile

SEE ALSO

       For a complete documentation, please have a look at the application manual via the gui main window help menu.

AUTHOR

       luckybackup was written by <Loukas Avgeriou>.

       This manual page was written by luckyb <luckyb69@sourceforge.net>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

								    2011-01-12							    LUCKYBACKUP(8)