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
45 : Browse backup sets using an ftp-like client
47 : Mount your backup sets as a filesystem
49 : Print detailed help for the given command
51 : Create or display the index of files to back up
53 : Backup a remote machine to the local one
55 : Extract files from a backup set
57 : Save files into a backup set (note: run "bup index" first)
59 : Launch a web server to examine backup sets
62 # RARELY USED SUBCOMMANDS
65 : Deliberately destroy data
67 : Recursively list files in your filesystem
69 : Initialize a bup repository
71 : Retrieve a file backed up using `bup-split`(1)
73 : Browse the files in your backup sets
75 : Determine how close your bup repository is to armageddon
77 : Test bup memory usage statistics
79 : Index objects to speed up future backups
81 : Make sure progress messages don't overlap with output
83 : Generate a stream of random output
85 : The server side of the bup client-server relationship
87 : Split a single file into its own backup set
89 : Wait for up to one second.
91 : Report the version number of your copy of bup.
96 `git`(1) and the *README* file from the bup distribution.
98 The home of bup is at <http://github.com/apenwarr/bup/>.