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PKG-BACKUP(8) DragonFly System Manager's Manual PKG-BACKUP(8)
NAME
pkg backup -- backup and restore the local package database
SYNOPSIS
pkg backup [-q] -d dest_file
pkg backup [-q] -r src_file
pkg backup [--quiet] --dump dest_file
pkg backup [--quiet] --restore src_file
DESCRIPTION
pkg backup is used to backup and restore the local package database.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported by pkg backup:
-d dest_file, --dump dest_file
Dumps the local package database to a file specified on the com-
mand-line.
-q, --quiet
Force quiet output.
-r src_file, --restore src_file
Uses src_file in order to restore the local package database.
Useful in case of a database crash or loss, to restore your
database from a previous backup.
ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables affect the execution of pkg backup.
See pkg.conf(5) for further description.
PKG_DBDIR
FILES
See pkg.conf(5).
SEE ALSO
pkg_printf(3), pkg_repos(3), pkg-repository(5), pkg.conf(5), pkg(8),
pkg-add(8), pkg-annotate(8), pkg-audit(8), pkg-autoremove(8),
pkg-check(8), pkg-clean(8), pkg-config(8), pkg-convert(8), pkg-create(8),
pkg-delete(8), pkg-fetch(8), pkg-info(8), pkg-install(8), pkg-lock(8),
pkg-query(8), pkg-register(8), pkg-repo(8), pkg-rquery(8), pkg-search(8),
pkg-set(8), pkg-shell(8), pkg-shlib(8), pkg-ssh(8), pkg-stats(8),
pkg-update(8), pkg-updating(8), pkg-upgrade(8), pkg-version(8),
pkg-which(8)
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