% 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 ~/.buplocation.
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/.