| bup(1) | 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.
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.
ENVIRONMENT¶
- BUP_ASSUME_GIT_VERSION_IS_FINE
- 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>.
| 0.33.2 | Bup 0.33.2 |