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 : Check backup sets for damage and add redundancy information
32 : Browse backup sets using an ftp-like client
34 : Mount your backup sets as a filesystem
36 : Print detailed help for the given command
38 : Create or display the index of files to back up
40 : Retrieve a file backed up using `bup-split`(1)
42 : Browse the files in your backup sets
44 : Index objects to speed up future backups
46 : Save files into a backup set (note: run "bup index" first)
48 : Split a single file into its own backup set
50 # RARELY USED SUBCOMMANDS
53 : Deliberately destroy data
55 : Recursively list files in your filesystem
57 : Initialize a bup repository
59 : Determine how close your bup repository is to armageddon
61 : Test bup memory usage statistics
63 : Make sure progress messages don't overlap with output
65 : Generate a stream of random output
67 : The server side of the bup client-server relationship
69 : Wait for up to one second.
73 `git`(1) and the *README* file from the bup distribution.
75 The home of bup is at <http://github.com/apenwarr/bup/>.