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<title>koha-run-backups</title>
<info>
<productname>Koha</productname> is the first free software library automation package.
<author>
  <orgname>The Koha Community</orgname>
  <uri>http://koha-community.org/</uri>
</author>
</info>

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  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>koha-run-backups</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname>koha-run-backups</refname>
    <refpurpose>Performs backups of the koha installations on the system, except an instance called 'demo'.</refpurpose>
    <refclass>UNIX/Linux</refclass>
  </refnamediv>

  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>koha-run-backups</command>
      <arg><option>--output</option> /some/path</arg>
      <arg><option>--days</option> 2</arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1><title>Options</title>
  <variablelist>

    <varlistentry>
      <term><option>--output</option></term>
      <listitem>
        <para>The directory that the resulting files will be placed into (default: /var/spool/koha).</para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>

    <varlistentry>
      <term><option>--days</option></term>
      <listitem>
        <para>The number of days to keep backups around for (default: 2).</para>
      </listitem>
    </varlistentry>

  </variablelist>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1><title>Description</title>
    <para><command>koha-run-backups</command> allows automation of backing up the koha data and configuration to the filesystem. It will keep the past so many backups, discarding older ones. This script uses <command>koha-dump</command> to do the actual backup.</para>
    <para>If there is an instance called 'demo', it will be skipped by this script.</para>
    <para>Note: backups produced using this tool can be restored using <command>koha-restore</command>.</para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1><title>See also</title>

  <simplelist type="inline">
    <member><command>koha-dump(8)</command></member>
    <member><command>koha-restore(8)</command></member>
  </simplelist>

  </refsect1>

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