bup-cat-file - extract archive content (low-level)

       Rob Browning rlb@defaultvalue.org

Bup 0.33.7                                         2025-01-11                                    bup-cat-file(1)

       Part of the bup(1) suite.

       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.

              # 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-cat-file - extract archive content (low-level)

       --meta retrieve  the  metadata  entry associated with path.  Note that currently this does not return the
              raw bytes for the entry recorded in the relevant .bupm in the archive, but rather  a  decoded  and
              then  re-encoded version.  When that matters, it should be possible (though awkward) to use --bupm
              on the parent directory and then find the relevant entry in the output.

       --bupm retrieve the .bupm file associated with path, which must be a directory.

bup-join(1), bup-meta(1)

       bup cat-file [--meta|--bupm] <path>