% bup-cat-file(1) Bup 0.27 % Rob Browning rlb@defaultvalue.org % 2015-04-26
bup-cat-file - extract archive content (low-level)
bup cat-file [--meta|--bupm] <path>
bup cat-file
extracts content associated with path from the
archive and dumps it to standard output. If nothing special is
requested, the actual data contained by path (which must be a
regular file) will be dumped.
--bupm
on the parent
directory and then find the relevant entry in the output.# Retrieve the content of somefile.
$ bup cat-file /foo/latest/somefile > somefile-content
# Examine the metadata associated with something.
$ bup cat-file --meta /foo/latest/something | bup meta -tvvf -
# Examine the metadata for somedir, including the items it contains.
$ bup cat-file --bupm /foo/latest/somedir | bup meta -tvvf -
bup-join
(1), bup-meta
(1)
Part of the bup
(1) suite.