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.TH quick-back 8 "February 10, 2017" "man rev. 4" "quick-back manual"
.SH "NAME"
quick-back - a simple backup program using rsync
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B quick-back 
.RI "[" "option" "]... <" "parameter" ">..."
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
Back up a source path to a destination path or device using rsync and format the destination drive to match the source.

By default, the script excludes /boot/, /run/*, /proc/*, /tmp/*, /sys/*, /dev/*, /mnt/*, media/*. These can be disabled with the -nd, --nodefaults option described below.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.B "-s, --source " 
.RI [ source_path ]
.RS
Use an alternate source path from the default of /
.RE

.B "-d, --destination " 
.RI [ destination ]
.RS
Use an alternate destination (either a /dev/XXX device or a directory path)
.RE

.B "-e, --exclude " 
.RI [ path ]
.RS
Exempt another folder from backup (see above for defaults excludes)
.RE

.B "-v, --verbose " 
.RS
Run quick-back in verbose mode (display a list of all files that are being added or removed from the backup)
.RE

.B "-nd, --nodefaults " 
.RS
Do not use the defaults excludes - exclude only the destination mountpoint
.RE

.B "-c, --color "
.RS
Colorize the output of quick-back
.RE

.B "--force-ignore " 
.RS
Force backup if destination isn't a mountpoint and ignore differences between source and destination filesystem type
.RE

.SH "AUTHOR"
Written by PenguinSnail and MorpheusKafka (GPL v3).

.SH "REPORTNG BUGS"
.RI "Contact the devs at " "<quick-back@freelists.org>"

.RI "or file an issue/pull request over at GitHub " "<https://github.com/PenguinSnail/Quick-Back>"