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bup(1) General Commands Manual bup(1)

NAME

bup - Backup program using rolling checksums and git file formats

SYNOPSIS

bup [global options...] <command> [options...]

DESCRIPTION

bup is a program for making backups of your files using the git file format.

Unlike git(1) itself, bup is optimized for handling huge data sets including individual very large files (such a virtual machine images). However, once a backup set is created, it can still be accessed using git tools.

Subcommands are described in separate man pages. For example bup-init(1) covers bup init.

GLOBAL OPTIONS

print bup’s version number. Equivalent to bup version.
use the given BUP_DIR parameter as the bup repository location, instead of reading it from the $BUP_DIR environment variable or using the default ~/.bup location.

COMMONLY USED SUBCOMMANDS

bup-fsck(1)
Check backup sets for damage and add redundancy information
bup-ftp(1)
Browse backup sets using an ftp-like client
bup-fuse(1)
Mount your backup sets as a filesystem
bup-help(1)
Print detailed help for the given command
bup-index(1)
Create or display the index of files to back up
bup-on(1)
Backup a remote machine to the local one
bup-restore(1)
Extract files from a backup set
bup-save(1)
Save files into a backup set (note: run “bup index” first)
bup-web(1)
Launch a web server to examine backup sets

RARELY USED SUBCOMMANDS

bup-damage(1)
Deliberately destroy data
bup-drecurse(1)
Recursively list files in your filesystem
bup-init(1)
Initialize a bup repository
bup-join(1)
Retrieve a file backed up using bup-split(1)
bup-ls(1)
Browse the files in your backup sets
bup-margin(1)
Determine how close your bup repository is to armageddon
bup-memtest(1)
Test bup memory usage statistics
bup-midx(1)
Index objects to speed up future backups
Make sure progress messages don’t overlap with output
bup-random(1)
Generate a stream of random output
bup-server(1)
The server side of the bup client-server relationship
bup-split(1)
Split a single file into its own backup set
bup-tick(1)
Wait for up to one second.
Report the version number of your copy of bup.

ENVIRONMENT

If set to true, yes, or 1, assume the version of git in the path is acceptable.

SEE ALSO

git(1) and the README file from the bup distribution.

The home of bup is at http://github.com/bup/bup/.

AUTHORS

Avery Pennarun apenwarr@gmail.com.

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