bupstash-init -

SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS ENVIRONMENT EXAMPLES JSON STORAGE SPECS Dir storage External storage SEE ALSO

SYNOPSIS

Initialize a bupstash repository.

bupstash init [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

bupstash init initializes a repository. If REPOSITORY already exists, the command fails.

Currently it is not recommend using bupstash on a network filesystem.

For details about the contents of the package store after initialization, see bupstash−repository(7).

OPTIONS

−r, −−repository REPO

The repository to connect to. May be of the form ssh://$SERVER/$PATH for remote repositories if ssh access is configured. If not specified, is set to BUPSTASH_REPOSITORY.

−−storage SPEC

Accepts ’dir’ or a json storage specification. The default storage is ’dir’ and stores encrypted data blocks in a repository local data directory.

See the storage specs section for supported json specifications and examples.

ENVIRONMENT

BUPSTASH_REPOSITORY

The repository to connect to. May be of the form ssh://$SERVER/$PATH for remote repositories if ssh access is configured.

BUPSTASH_REPOSITORY_COMMAND

A command to run to connect to an instance of bupstash−serve(1). This allows more complex connections to the repository for less common use cases.

EXAMPLES

$ export BUPSTASH_REPOSITORY=./my−repository
$ bupstash init

$ export BUPSTASH_REPOSITORY=ssh://$SERVER/home/backups/bupstash−backups
$ bupstash init

JSON STORAGE SPECS

Each storage specification consists of a type designator and a set of type specific parameters.

Dir storage

Dir storage is an alias for −−storage dir and is generally not needed.

Example:

$ bupstash init −−storage ’{"Dir" : {}}’’

External storage

The external storage engine stores data via an external socket, documentation is pending interface stabilization.

Example:

$ bupstash init −−storage ’{"External" : {"socket_path" : "/plugin/socket.sock", "path" : "plugin−specific−path"}}’’