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 <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
27 # COMMONLY USED SUBCOMMANDS
30 : Manage the index of files to back up.
32 : Verify or recover the bup repository.
34 : Mount the bup repository as a filesystem.
36 : Back up the files in the index.
38 : Back up an individual file, such as a tarball.
40 : Retrieve a file backed up using `bup-split`(1).
42 : Make backups go faster by generating midx files.
44 # RARELY USED SUBCOMMANDS
47 : Deliberately destroy data.
49 : Recursively list files in your filesystem.
51 : Initialize a bup repository.
53 : List the files in a bup repository.
55 : Determine how close your bup repository is to armageddon.
57 : The server side of the bup client-server relationship.
59 : Sleep for up to one second.
63 `git`(1) and the *README* file from the bup distribution.
65 The home of bup is at <http://github.com/apenwarr/bup/>.