Navigation and shortcuts

Cloud-PBS TUI is fully keyboard-driven. The interface is centered in a frame; the bottom bar always recalls the shortcuts available in the current context.

The five screens

Key	Screen	Purpose
1	Home	Configuration summary and starting a backup.
2	Target	Connection to the PBS server.
3	Sources	Selection of the directories to back up.
4	Schedule	Scheduling of recurring backups.
5	Backups	Datastore browsing and restore.

Global shortcuts

Key	Action
1 to 5	Go to the matching screen.
?	Show the full help.
q	Quit the application.
Ctrl+C	Quit immediately, in any situation.

Interface language

Cloud-PBS TUI is bilingual, English and French. English is the default on first launch, regardless of the system locale.

From the Home screen, the l key switches between the two languages. The choice is saved in the configuration and kept from one session to the next.

Updating from inside the tool

From the Home screen, the u key opens the built-in update manager: it queries cloud-pbs.com for the latest version, downloads the binary if a newer release is available, verifies its SHA-256 checksum and atomically replaces itself in place. See Updating for the full picture and the alternative methods.

Input and navigation

When a text field is active (for example in the Target screen), the screen captures the keyboard: digits then feed the field instead of switching screens. Press Esc to leave a field and return to global navigation.

Screens that show a list or a tree (Sources, Backups) are navigated with ↑ ↓, and → ← to enter a folder or go up. The shortcuts specific to each step are always recalled in the bottom bar.

Quitting cleanly

q saves the current configuration before quitting. Ctrl+C also quits, saving and releasing resources (in particular any FUSE mount in progress). Since the configuration is also saved on every screen change, you find your target, your sources and your schedule again from one session to the next.