bbackupd 8 Box Backup Box Backup 0.11
bbackupd Box Backup client daemon
`bbackupd` -DFkqvVT -c config-file -t tag

## Description

`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.

### Options

`-c` config-file

  Use 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.

-v

  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` tag

  Tag 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.

## Files

`/etc/box/bbackupd.conf`

## See Also

bbackupd.conf 5 , bbackupd-config 8 , bbackupctl 8

## Authors

Ben Summers

Per Thomsen

James O'Gorman