backdown plan

backdown plan [OPTIONS]

Options#

--to <TO>

The archive folder (on the drive that will keep everything).

--from <FROM>

Only file these drives (default: every indexed drive but the archive's).

--schema <SCHEMA>

Your own filing schema (start from backdown plan --print-schema).

--print-schema

Print the built-in schema and exit.

--merge-mail

Merge copies of the same mailbox by Message-ID, instead of filing one and copying the other's extra files beside it.

--json

Print it as JSON, for scripts.

Also takes the global options --db and --local.

Good to know#

A plan only proposes. The archive's own drive is never a source. Nothing is copied until backdown apply ID --go, and nothing is ever deleted. Mailboxes that are at least 90% the same as another of the same origin are filed once, with the other's extra files beside them; --merge-mail merges them by Message-ID instead.

Examples#

backdown plan --to /media/archive/Archive
# only one drive
backdown plan --to /media/archive/Archive --from /media/old-drive
# your own schema
backdown plan --print-schema > schema.toml
backdown plan --to /media/archive/Archive --schema schema.toml

See also#

• File your old drives into one archive
• Merge mailboxes