Name

bif-dump - serialize the database contents

Version

0.1.5_8 (yyyy-mm-dd)

Synopsis

bif dump [FILE] [OPTIONS...]

Description

The bif dump command serializes the database contents to a file. The dump format is a set of YAML documents, one for each change recorded.

A dump file can be restored into an empty repository using the bif-load command.

Arguments & Options

FILE

Filename to dump to. Defaults to bif-dump-YYYY-MM-DD-hhmmss.yaml. Use "-" to send the output directly to stdout.

See Also

bif(1)

Author

Mark Lawrence <nomad@null.net>

Copyright And License

Copyright 2016-2017 Mark Lawrence <nomad@null.net>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.