backup

backup  [--file] [--prefix] [--directory] [--overwrite] [--binary]

Backups database to standard out or a file. This command requires connection to a user database.

Options

Option	Explanation
–file, -f	reads objects from specified file
–prefix, -t	first part of generated file name
–directory, -t	generates a new file name in specified directory
–overwrite, -ow	overwrite an existing file
–binary, -b	user binary format rather than json

Example

Interactive

tomas@tomsmbp:~/ > dboo MyDB -u=MyUser
dboo MyUser@MyDB> backup > ./mybackup.bak
dboo MyUser@MyDB> quit
tomas@tomsmbp:~/ > ls -lh mybackup.bak
-rw-r--r--  1 tomas  staff   553B 19 May 21:49 mybackup.bak
tomas@tomsmbp:~/ >

Non-interactive

tomas@tomsmbp:~/ > dboo MyDB -u=MyUser -- backup > ./myotherbackup.bak
tomas@tomsmbp:~/ > ls -lh myotherbackup.bak
-rw-r--r--  1 tomas  staff   553B 19 May 21:50 myotherbackup.bak