This comes from suggestion on issue https://github.com/duplicati/duplicati/issues/6056
The chosen argument was --json which produces a json that wraps the result with extended properties such as in example:
``
{
"Timestamp": "2025-03-28T15:47:01.3368160-03:00",
"UnixTimestamp": 1743187621,
"Command": "import",
"Success": true,
"ExitCode": 0,
"Messages": [
"Importing backup configuration from ../2-firstbacku.json",
"Connecting to http://127.0.0.1:8200/...",
"No database found in../data/",
"Imported \"firstbackup (5)\" with ID 8"
],
"Exceptions": [],
"Imported": {
"Id": "8",
"Name": "firstbackup (5)"
}
}
``
The documentation will reflect all commands and schemas as this makes its way into Canary
All CLI tools and executables now accept a unified set of help command variants:
"help", "/help","--help", "usage", "/usage", "--usage", "/h", "-h"
Affected executables:
Duplicati.Agent
Duplicati.CommandLine
Duplicati.CommandLine.AutoUpdater
Duplicati.CommandLine.BackendTester
Duplicati.CommandLine.BackendTool
Duplicati.CommandLine.ConfigurationImporter
Duplicati.CommandLine.SecretTool
Duplicati.CommandLine.Snapshots
Duplicati.GUI.TrayIcon
Duplicati.Server
Duplicati.Service
Duplicati.WindowsService
Note that SharpAesCrypt command is not included in this because the parameter parsing is part of the SharpAesCrypt code base.
This commit adds the option to provide preload/preset options that change the default values for Duplicati's commandline or environment variables.
This fixes#5480
Marcelo C.