% bup(1) Bup 0.27
% Avery Pennarun apenwarr@gmail.com
% 2015-04-26
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.
The individual bup subcommands appear in their own man
pages.
GLOBAL OPTIONS
- --version
- print bup's version number. Equivalent to
bup-version(1)
- -d, --bup-dir=BUP_DIR
- 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
bup-newliner(1)
- 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.
bup-version(1)
- Report the version number of your copy of bup.
SEE ALSO
git(1) and the README file from the bup distribution.
The home of bup is at http://github.com/bup/bup/.