1 % bup(1) Bup %BUP_VERSION%
2 % Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>
7 bup - Backup program using rolling checksums and git file formats
11 bup [global options...] \<command\> [options...]
15 `bup` is a program for making backups of your files using
18 Unlike `git`(1) itself, bup is
19 optimized for handling huge data sets including individual
20 very large files (such a virtual machine images). However,
21 once a backup set is created, it can still be accessed
24 The individual bup subcommands appear in their own man
30 : print bup's version number. Equivalent to
33 -d, \--bup-dir=*BUP_DIR*
34 : use the given BUP_DIR parameter as the bup repository
35 location, instead of reading it from the $BUP_DIR
36 environment variable or using the default `~/.bup`
40 # COMMONLY USED SUBCOMMANDS
43 : Check backup sets for damage and add redundancy information
46 : Browse backup sets using an ftp-like client
49 : Mount your backup sets as a filesystem
52 : Print detailed help for the given command
55 : Create or display the index of files to back up
58 : Backup a remote machine to the local one
61 : Extract files from a backup set
64 : Save files into a backup set (note: run "bup index" first)
67 : Launch a web server to examine backup sets
70 # RARELY USED SUBCOMMANDS
73 : Deliberately destroy data
76 : Recursively list files in your filesystem
79 : Initialize a bup repository
82 : Retrieve a file backed up using `bup-split`(1)
85 : Browse the files in your backup sets
88 : Determine how close your bup repository is to armageddon
91 : Test bup memory usage statistics
94 : Index objects to speed up future backups
97 : Make sure progress messages don't overlap with output
100 : Generate a stream of random output
103 : The server side of the bup client-server relationship
106 : Split a single file into its own backup set
109 : Wait for up to one second.
112 : Report the version number of your copy of bup.
117 `git`(1) and the *README* file from the bup distribution.
119 The home of bup is at <http://github.com/bup/bup/>.