against the idx files in its repository. If any object
already exists, it tells the client about the idx file
it was found in, allowing the client to download that
- idx and avoid sending duplicate data.
+ idx and avoid sending duplicate data. This is
+ `bup-server`'s default mode.
dumb
: In this mode, the server will not check its local index
before writing an object. To avoid writing duplicate
objects, the server will tell the client to download all
- of its .idx files at the start of the session. This
+ of its `.idx` files at the start of the session. This
mode is useful on low powered server hardware (ie
router/slow NAS).
# FILES
$BUP_DIR/bup-dumb-server
-: Activate dumb server mode, as discussed above.
+: Activate dumb server mode, as discussed above. This file is not created by
+ default in new repositories.
# SEE ALSO