QRecall installs a command line tool, qrecall, that can perform a wide variety of QRecall tasks directly from the command line or via scripts. These tasks include:

• create an archive
• directly perform most actions:
  • capture items
  • recall or restore items
  • merge layers
  • transfer slices to/from a stack
  • verify an archive
  • audit a stack
  • compact an archive
  • delete items, layers, or slices
  • reindex, repair, or recover and archive
• control actions:
  • list the status of actions
  • run an action, schedule it to run at a given time
  • suspend/resume an action's schedule
  • hold/resume all action schedules
• list the contents of an archive
• set/list the capture preferences for filesystem items
• check the status of installed encryption keys
• recover an encryption key
• upgrade an old archive
• exchange the identifiers of two archives
• dump information useful for debugging
• report the version of all active components

The command line tool can be very useful for automating workflows or in environments where the QRecall application is unavailable, like when booted in single-user mode.

For complete documentation, see the qrecall man page:

$ man qrecall